People · United States
Stephen Jiang
2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018JIAN23
Stephen Jiang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at NoVa Cube Winter 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,513th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2018, he has put 104 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.63 in May 2018 to 9.33, a 36% improvement. Stephen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 1.85 | 3.55 | top 3.9% | 1,513 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.33 | 12.63 | top 5.7% | 3,157 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 51.27 | 1:03.19 | top 26.3% | 4,044 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.86 | 28.08 | top 28.4% | 3,663 / 15,683 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at NoVa Cube Winter 2024.
- 26 May 2018First competition: Tea Time Spring 2018. A 14.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Stone Payne — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Soham Jinsi — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.