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Ray Chen
4×4 · top 3.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022CHEN10
Ray Chen has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 31.20, set at Birmingham Spring 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 292 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.48 in January 2022 to 8.44, a 26% improvement. Ray 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 31.20 | 35.93 | top 3.6% | 90 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 | 8.44 | 9.57 | top 3.6% | 292 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 3.01 | top 5.2% | 376 / 4,895 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.83 | 1:04.64 | top 5.9% | 79 / 1,151 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 6.54 | top 8.5% | 325 / 3,656 | |
| Megaminx | 58.35 | 1:07.61 | top 9.1% | 118 / 966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.21 | 22.63 | top 10.7% | 212 / 1,851 | |
| 7×7 | 3:01.31 | 3:06.24 | top 10.9% | 52 / 459 | |
| 6×6 | 2:00.85 | 2:07.64 | top 11.3% | 73 / 548 | |
| Skewb | 4.24 | 7.52 | top 12.6% | 285 / 2,421 | |
| Square-1 | 20.25 | 24.29 | top 28.5% | 268 / 778 | |
| Clock | 13.36 | 16.78 | top 41.1% | 548 / 1,232 |
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 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Birmingham Spring 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Birmingham Summer 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Eleven personal bests in one day at Birmingham Summer 2024.
- 29 Jan 2022First competition: Wakefield Open 2022. A 11.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 11 personal bests set
- Sheffield Spring - British Blind Off 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bella Campbell — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Danny Morgan — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.