People · United States
Ryley Chen
2×2 · top 7.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022CHER12
Ryley Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Summit Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,849th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2022, he has put 241 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.67 in December 2022 to 12.53, a 47% improvement. Ryley has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 4.36 | top 7.1% | 2,849 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 12.53 | 14.85 | top 15.8% | 8,593 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.47 | 8.15 | top 23.6% | 6,507 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 6.53 | 13.75 | top 30.0% | 5,000 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.95 | 40.07 | top 60.8% | 8,658 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.23 | 1:57.53 | top 61.7% | 10,915 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 26.40 | 32.32 | top 79.1% | 7,180 / 9,172 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 9 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Jay House of Cubes 2023.
- 21 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023.
- 21 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.89 at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 31 Dec 2022First competition: New York New Year 2023. A 23.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fort Lee Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Fort Lee Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Jay House of Cubes 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York New Year 2023 · 31 Dec 2022
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Williams — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sula Mareska — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.