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Peter Chau

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011CHAU05

Peter Chau has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.15, set at Poly Cubed 2016, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,730th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since November 2011, he has put 962 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.28 in November 2011 to 8.15, a 50% improvement. Peter has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.15
signature single · Poly Cubed 2016
962
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.159.93
top 3.1%1,730 / 59,724
2×21.862.60
top 3.9%1,537 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed12.7116.92
top 4.0%584 / 15,683
4×439.3845.42
top 11.4%1,679 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.2110.43
top 14.5%3,796 / 28,708
Square-118.6625.87
top 25.0%1,655 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves42.67
top 30.0%652 / 2,040
5×51:38.051:59.03
top 33.9%2,690 / 9,401
Skewb8.1510.68
top 42.4%7,412 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded2:29.813:21.09
top 43.2%919 / 2,092
Megaminx2:02.012:40.91
top 46.8%3,460 / 7,841
7×75:18.165:36.84
top 56.3%1,663 / 3,184
6×63:49.364:13.96
top 62.0%2,394 / 4,196
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 11:03—
early days — 2 solves488 / 731
Clock25.5627.09
top 77.7%6,824 / 8,927

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

Caltech Fall 2011: 16.28Berkeley Fall 2011: 14.16Caltech Winter 2012: 12.08MIT Spring 2012: 13.13Caltech Spring 2012: 11.43United States National Championships 2012: 11.22Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012: 10.71Diamond Bar Open 2012: 10.08Caltech Fall Open 2012: 10.96Caltech Winter Open 2013: 11.16Diamond Bar Spring Open 2013: 10.40World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.45Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 9.86Caltech Fall Open 2013: 9.75Caltech Winter Open 2014: 8.91Caltech Spring Open 2014: 9.69Newport Cube Day 2014: 8.80Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 9.23Caltech Fall Open 2014: 9.19Nub Open 2015: 9.46Nisei Week 2015: 10.10Irvine Fall 2015: 8.52Caltech Fall 2015: 8.93Newport Spring 2016: 9.40Poly Cubed 2016: 8.158.1516.2819 Nov 20117 May 2016

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.