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Winston Cheng
2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023CHEW02
Winston Cheng has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at NYU Winter 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 501st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2023, he has put 291 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.11 in August 2023 to 7.73, a 30% improvement. Winston has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.25 | 2.67 | top 1.2% | 501 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.73 | 10.47 | top 2.3% | 1,368 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.37 | 19.98 | top 13.5% | 1,749 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.51 | 8.64 | top 16.5% | 4,382 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 49.01 | 52.97 | top 23.5% | 3,578 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.58 | 2:05.03 | top 40.9% | 3,313 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 14.01 | 15.09 | top 43.8% | 3,526 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 9.16 | 10.66 | top 49.5% | 8,851 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,685 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:00.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,536 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 46.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,779 / 6,743 |
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
- 6 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Ridgefield Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at NYU Winter 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Naticube 2024.
- 5 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Northampton Fall B 2023.
- 24 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Elm City Kubikon 2023.
- 24 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Elm City Kubikon 2023.
Competitions
- Ridgefield Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Naticube 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Northampton Fall B 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Elm City Kubikon 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Mystic Cubikon 2023 · 20 Aug 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.
- Levi Gibson — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles Amarello — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.