People · United States
Mina Chau
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024CHAU10
Mina Chau has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024, puts her in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,505th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2024, she has put 206 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.01 in April 2024 to 9.59, a 13% improvement. Mina has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.59 | 11.43 | top 6.3% | 3,505 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.86 | 18.71 | top 9.9% | 1,311 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 4.58 | top 12.7% | 4,976 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 47.70 | 52.02 | top 21.7% | 3,296 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.78 | 14.29 | top 26.1% | 7,147 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 20.64 | 22.57 | top 29.3% | 1,906 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.73 | 1:40.43 | top 31.2% | 2,199 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 7.15 | 8.43 | top 34.8% | 5,896 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.23 | 1:51.63 | top 37.7% | 3,016 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:07.78 | 4:10.15 | top 68.0% | 2,655 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:04.77 | 6:25.58 | early days — 3 solves | 2,102 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:06.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,448 / 2,092 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cool Down Berkeley 2024.
- 8 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First competition: EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024. A 11.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- East Bay Big and Blind 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.
- Rahul Bollini — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Stanley Tran — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as she improves.