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Steven Cheung
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013CHEU01
Steven Cheung has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Shaker Fall 2016, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,771st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since March 2013, he has put 432 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.56 in March 2013 to 8.18, a 71% improvement. Steven has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.18 | 9.39 | top 3.1% | 1,771 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 4.31 | top 5.5% | 2,199 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 5.73 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 48.99 | 52.71 | top 23.5% | 3,571 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.79 | 28.58 | top 36.2% | 4,793 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 49.00 | top 37.3% | 810 / 2,040 |
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
- 10 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Shaker Fall 2016.
- 13 Dec 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014.
- 13 Dec 2014Four personal bests in one day at Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014First sub-15 3×3: 11.92 at US Nationals 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2014.
- 9 Nov 2013First sub-20 3×3: 17.70 at Hillsdale Fall 2013.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024 · 14 Jan 2024
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Howland High Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaker Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Hillsdale Fall 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Phillip Lewicki — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Blake Thompson — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.