People · United States
Waden Cho
3×3 · top 0.31% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016CHOW04
Waden Cho has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.65, set at Santa Ana Summer A 2023, puts him in the top 0.31% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 210th in the United States. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since June 2016, he has put 1,925 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.46 in June 2016 to 5.65, an 86% improvement. Waden has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 5.65 | 7.32 | top 0.31% | 210 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 24.63 | 26.44 | top 0.62% | 106 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 1.19 | 2.41 | top 1.0% | 419 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.94 | 4.39 | top 1.0% | 293 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 47.71 | 51.79 | top 1.2% | 103 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 2.34 | 4.74 | top 2.3% | 348 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 7.89 | 10.58 | top 2.9% | 209 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.17 | 15.23 | top 3.2% | 494 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 49.82 | 57.43 | top 5.0% | 358 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 1:45.53 | 1:54.95 | top 5.6% | 197 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 2:42.05 | 2:54.20 | top 5.9% | 159 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 9.17 | 10.29 | top 20.9% | 1,608 / 8,927 |
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
- 21 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
- 14 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Six personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
- SoCal Silent Spectacular 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2019 · 2 Jun 2019
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Armin Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Rockville Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Severna Park Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
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.
- Zayn Khanani — met in 245 rounds, finished ahead 92 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 230 rounds, finished ahead 116 times
- Will Callan — met in 218 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.