People · Australia
Winston Chin
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018CHIN05
Winston Chin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.95, set at QLD State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 695th in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 178 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.55 in June 2018 to 9.95, a 21% improvement. Winston 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 11.58 | top 7.3% | 695 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 5.07 | top 13.8% | 1,084 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 41.60 | 48.33 | top 14.1% | 354 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.86 | 22.93 | top 20.2% | 462 / 2,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.67 | 14.74 | top 33.5% | 1,784 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 7.91 | 12.43 | top 40.7% | 1,254 / 3,589 | |
| Square-1 | 29.39 | 38.73 | top 48.3% | 480 / 920 |
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
- 11 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at QLD State Championship 2025.
- 16 Jan 2021Five personal bests in one day at Brisbane Is Back On 2021.
- 30 Jun 2018First competition: Brisbane Winter 2018. A 13.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedy Southport 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane Autumn 2022 · 2 Apr 2022
- Brisbane Is Back On 2021 · 16 Jan 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Northside Cube Days 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Brisbane 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Brisbane Winter 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Thomas Smith — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tommas Austin-Milne — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Laura Ting — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.