People · Singapore
Nigel Chia
2×2 · top 0.96% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025CHIA02
Nigel Chia has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at Belgrave Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Singapore. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.55 in January 2025 to 9.33, a 19% improvement. Nigel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.17 | 3.70 | top 0.96% | 20 / 1,064 | |
| 3×3 | 9.33 | 10.77 | top 5.7% | 150 / 1,559 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.69 | 31.34 | top 28.0% | 199 / 471 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.01 | 1:06.68 | top 37.6% | 236 / 466 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Spark Melbourne February 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025First competition: Melbourne Summer 2025. A 11.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Belgrave Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025
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.
- Nicholas Allen Crow — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Nate Leitch — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Andrew Dinh — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.