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Theodore Chow

3×3 one-handed · top 1.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012CHOW03

Theodore Chow has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.00, set at Brampton Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Canada. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since August 2012, he has put 2,106 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.80 in August 2012 to 7.44, a 53% improvement. Theodore has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.1% of 73,695 all-time
10.00
signature single · Brampton Summer 2026
2,106
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×3 one-handed10.0013.62
top 1.1%24 / 2,620
2×21.384.17
top 1.6%106 / 7,173
3×37.449.03
top 1.9%190 / 10,392
4×433.9240.92
top 5.8%136 / 3,118
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves34.33
top 8.0%26 / 283
Pyraminx4.7410.58
top 11.6%441 / 4,858
3×3 blindfolded1:00.051:22.38
top 13.1%42 / 351
5×51:19.581:28.38
top 18.8%225 / 1,499
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 9 cubes · 45:58—
top 19.0%20 / 112
Skewb5.569.28
top 22.4%531 / 2,907
6×63:32.163:46.95
top 55.5%306 / 665
7×75:38.566:01.78
top 62.1%270 / 503
Square-137.7443.89
top 62.4%572 / 952
Megaminx2:35.223:49.29
top 63.7%772 / 1,375
Clock22.2125.24
top 70.6%692 / 1,029
4×4 blindfolded25:45.00—
early days — 1 solve57 / 60

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

Guangdong Open 2012: 15.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.13National Capital Region 2014: 10.53Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 10.05Edmonton Open Winter 2015: 9.76Canadian Open 2015: 10.34Edmonton Open Summer 2015: 8.83Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 8.98Calgary Open Spring 2016: 8.71US Nationals 2016: 9.43Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 8.30Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 8.83Too Much Cubing 2017: 8.35QUALberta 2017: 9.59World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.85Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017: 8.39Foothills Fall 2017: 8.16Longhorn Cube Day 2017: 8.97Cubing Under the Stars 2018: 7.88Battle for Foothills Limited 2018: 8.55CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 8.37Canada's Best in the West 2018: 8.12Winnipeg Open 2018: 8.50Edmonton New Year 2019: 9.03Canada's Wild West 2019: 8.383x3 Only Calgary 2019: 8.90Foothills Final Fight 2019: 8.54Strathcona 2019: 8.54Solved Central Alberta 2019: 8.76Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020: 9.29Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 8.47Solved Central Alberta 2023: 8.97Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 8.77Odd Day in Sylvan 2023: 9.08Saskatchewan Open 2023: 9.28Canada's Best in the West 2024: 7.44London Winter 2024: 9.01Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2024: 9.15NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024: 8.20Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025: 8.40Mississauga Newcomers A 2025: 7.80Western Ontario Winter 2025: 7.73Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.50Calgary Summer B 2025: 8.38Championnat Canadien 2025: 8.67Brantford Fall 2025: 9.31Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 9.06Edmonton Winter 2026: 9.34Western Ontario Winter 2026: 7.91Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 10.35Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 9.24Brampton Summer 2026: 8.037.4415.8018 Aug 201229 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.