People · United States
Will Chen
3×3 · top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CHEN19
Will Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.06, set at Bowling Green Fall 2025, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,447th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2023, he has put 151 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.11 in January 2023 to 13.06, a 28% improvement. Will has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 13.06 | 15.99 | top 17.6% | 9,447 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 4.87 | top 24.3% | 9,537 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.03 | 10.84 | top 28.1% | 7,743 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.25 | 11.87 | top 50.1% | 8,975 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 21.36 | 23.90 | top 68.5% | 5,907 / 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
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.31 at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023First competition: Bulldog Winter 2023. A 18.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio State Mini Sunday 2023 · 19 Feb 2023
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
- Bulldog Winter 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
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.
- Joe Norton — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Braden Richards — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Burger — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.