People · Canada
Oliver Chen
2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025CHEN19
Oliver Chen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Crossfield Fall 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 448th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2025, he has put 211 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.13 in February 2025 to 9.85, a 35% improvement. Oliver has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 2.71 | top 7.0% | 448 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 9.85 | 10.65 | top 7.0% | 658 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.01 | 21.81 | top 12.6% | 269 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 10.36 | 11.98 | top 26.8% | 243 / 1,029 | |
| 4×4 | 54.58 | 59.98 | top 30.2% | 777 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 6.81 | 11.46 | top 32.2% | 794 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.84 | 1:50.79 | top 34.5% | 361 / 1,375 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.81 | 10.29 | top 34.6% | 1,568 / 4,858 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.28 | 2:22.92 | top 58.9% | 778 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 46.40 | 54.94 | top 72.6% | 680 / 952 |
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 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Edmonton Winter 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Crossfield Fall 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Solved Central Alberta 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Southern Alberta Cubing 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.78 at Out in the Country Crossfield 2025.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Out in the Country Crossfield 2025.
Competitions
- Edmonton Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Crossfield Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Calgary Summer A 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Alberta Cubing 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Out in the Country Crossfield 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 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.
- Azaro Gorloo — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Leif Anvik — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.