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Winston Chow

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 164th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2022, he has put 856 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 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 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.24
signature single · Summer Scramble UW 2026
856
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×37.248.06
top 1.6%164 / 10,392
2×22.093.32
top 5.4%336 / 7,173
Skewb3.335.25
top 6.7%127 / 2,907
Pyraminx4.355.33
top 9.4%342 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed17.1220.55
top 12.9%275 / 2,620
4×41:02.921:09.80
top 39.6%1,066 / 3,118
Megaminx1:53.282:15.21
top 42.2%459 / 1,375

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: 7.247.2410.1611 Nov 202215 Aug 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.