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Pengwei Chen (陈芃威)

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015CHEN87

Pengwei Chen (陈芃威) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Fuzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 556th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since October 2015, he has put 588 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.40 in October 2015 to 7.18, a 61% improvement. Pengwei has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.18
signature single · Fuzhou Open 2026
588
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.188.93
top 1.5%556 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed13.8517.97
top 5.8%556 / 5,922
2×22.394.02
top 7.9%1,135 / 15,796
Skewb4.557.74
top 14.8%913 / 5,004
Pyraminx5.398.23
top 15.7%1,839 / 10,224
4×444.2048.85
top 17.3%1,869 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves32.67
top 17.4%183 / 1,058
3×3 blindfolded1:14.972:25.74
top 17.8%252 / 1,183
Clock13.64—
early days — 2 solves1,003 / 1,843

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

China Championship 2015: 18.40Fuzhou Open 2016: 11.84Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 11.46Zhangzhou Open 2018: 11.30Longyan Open 2018: 9.23Fuzhou Open 2018: 8.71Xiamen Open 2018: 9.65Fuzhou Spring 2019: 9.65Xiamen Open 2019: 8.93Longyan Open 2019: 9.29Quanzhou Open 2019: 9.08Xiamen Autumn 2019: 10.08Xiamen Winter 2019: 9.09Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 8.84Hangzhou Spring 2024: 7.97Guilin Open 2024: 8.11Zibo Open 2025: 8.00Quangang Morning 2025: 8.36Fuzhou Open 2026: 7.18Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 8.12Quanzhou Summer 2026: 9.16Nanchang Summer 2026: 7.42Fuzhou Summer 2026: 7.937.1818.402 Oct 201523 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.