People · United States
Zaden Chao
3×3 · top 35.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024CHAO01
Zaden Chao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.46, set at Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025, puts him in the top 35.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,894th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2024, he has put 38 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.01 in January 2024 to 18.46, a 26% improvement. Zaden has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 18.46 | 26.02 | top 35.5% | 19,894 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.21 | 10.22 | top 46.7% | 13,430 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 20.73 | 30.20 | top 90.7% | 17,470 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 15.96 | 20.16 | top 91.8% | 38,161 / 40,951 |
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
- 27 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.46 at Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: SacCubing XVI 2024. A 25.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVI 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Martin — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.46 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.