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Winston Chow

3×3 · top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022CHOW14

Winston Chow has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.24, set at Summer Scramble UW 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since November 2022, he has put 871 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.23 in November 2022 to 7.24, a 22% improvement. Winston has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time
7.24
signature single · Summer Scramble UW 2026
871
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×37.248.06
top 1.6%166 / 10,502
2×22.093.32
top 5.4%342 / 7,245
Skewb3.335.25
top 6.8%128 / 2,928
Pyraminx4.355.33
top 9.4%347 / 4,913
3×3 one-handed15.9020.55
top 10.1%222 / 2,632
4×41:02.921:09.80
top 39.6%1,089 / 3,180
Megaminx1:53.282:15.21
top 42.3%468 / 1,393

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

UBC Odd Weekend 2022: 9.23Lynnwood Winter 2023: 10.16Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 10.03Bothell Spring Open 2023: 9.64Cubing on Par B 2023: 9.69BC Spring Solving B 2023: 9.14Vancouver Pride 2023: 9.73Canadian Championship 2023: 7.63Vancouver Fall Fest 2023: 9.35Burnaby Basics 2024: 8.04Vancouver Newcomers Afternoon 2024: 8.82Richmond Rumble 2024: 8.72Vancouver's on Tracks 2024: 9.62CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 8.18BC Championship 2024: 7.49Kent Summer 2024: 7.96Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024: 8.54PR Time in Burnaby 2025: 8.28Vancouver Newcomers 2025: 7.93Warm Up Vancouver 2025: 7.32Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.68Burnaby Summer 2025: 7.35Burnaby Winter 2026: 8.00Vancouver Mini Morning 2026: 7.99Kent Spring 2026: 8.30Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026: 8.56BC Championship 2026: 7.72Summer Scramble UW 2026: 7.24Head to UBC Afternoon 2026: 8.507.2410.1611 Nov 20223 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.