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Stanley Chen

2×2 · top 12.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023CHEN50

Stanley Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.87, set at PBs in Palisades 2024, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,017th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 123 official solves on the record across eight 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 18.09 in April 2023 to 12.70, a 30% improvement. Stanley has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.87
signature single · PBs in Palisades 2024
123
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
2×22.874.62
top 12.8%5,017 / 40,951
3×312.7014.39
top 16.4%8,786 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.1710.85
top 29.3%8,102 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed28.3037.79
top 42.6%5,743 / 15,683
4×41:28.47
early days — 2 solves10,918 / 19,072
5×52:52.57
early days — 3 solves6,754 / 9,401
Clock27.18
early days — 1 solve7,116 / 8,927
Megaminx3:48.50
early days — 1 solve7,073 / 7,841

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

PBs in Palisades 2023: 18.09Westchester Weeknights 4 2023: 16.43Cubes on the Bayside 2023: 14.24Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024: 14.42PBs in Palisades 2024: 13.95Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024: 13.99An Afternoon in Nyack 2024: 12.70Flushing Open PM 2024: 16.5512.7018.0915 Apr 202324 Nov 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.