People · China
Tianze Chen (陈天择)
3×3 · top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHET03
Tianze Chen (陈天择) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.15, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,284th in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.62 in November 2025 to 11.15, an 18% improvement. Tianze has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.15 | 12.46 | top 10.9% | 4,284 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.99 | 5.62 | top 26.4% | 4,439 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.26 | 16.90 | top 38.4% | 4,160 / 10,224 |
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
- 23 Nov 2025First competition: Nanchang Winter 2025. A 13.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
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.
- Jiawen Li (李嘉文) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Luochen Liu (刘洛辰) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.