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Murphy Chen
Pyraminx · top 6.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020CHEN09
Murphy Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.67, set at Cubing at COTA 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,581st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2020, he has put 430 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.24 in January 2020 to 9.74, a 75% improvement. Murphy has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.67 | 6.95 | top 6.2% | 1,581 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.24 | 9.32 | top 6.3% | 968 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 9.74 | 11.84 | top 6.7% | 3,693 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.71 | 26.70 | top 17.0% | 2,193 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 5.66 | top 17.2% | 6,726 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.20 | 1:40.28 | top 26.6% | 2,078 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.93 | 1:08.38 | top 37.5% | 6,051 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 3:30.41 | 3:44.53 | top 54.8% | 2,071 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:07.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,130 / 3,184 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at COTA 2026.
- 11 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 11 Jun 2026Eight personal bests in one day at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026.
- 22 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at COTA 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Georgetown Favorite Event Day 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
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 his.
- Michael Conard — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Gideon Dalum — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.