People · United States
Oliver Chen
3×3 · top 30.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEO02
Oliver Chen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.73, set at Temecula Valley Summer 2026, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,894th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 67 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.64 in November 2025 to 16.73, a 44% improvement. Oliver has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 16.73 | 21.69 | top 30.3% | 16,894 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 7.09 | top 33.2% | 13,429 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.61 | 49.71 | top 75.5% | 11,118 / 15,900 |
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
- 15 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.44 at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First competition: Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025. A 29.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025 · 8 Nov 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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Park — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sree Dacharla — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.