He is a three-time world champion (2018, 2019, 2021), a bronze medalist in the team event at the 2018 Olympic Games, the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2017, 2018, 2019), and a five-time U.S. national champion (2017-21). Chen has also won two gold medals and one silver at the World Championships. He is the first male figure skater to win three consecutive world titles. Chen's current career high score is 286.05 points, which he achieved on January 23, 2020 at the Winter Olympics in Tokyo. This score makes him the highest ranked American men's singles skater of all time. At the Olympics, Chen finished third in his initial group competition behind Alexander Tretiakov of Russia and Korea's Kim Yu-seon. However, he then beat both of them by scoring more than 20 points higher than Tretiakov and 30 points higher than Kim at their respective events. This allowed him to win the bronze medal in the team event. Before the Olympics, some people asked Chen if he would win a medal because of the pressure he was under due to being the favorite to win multiple medals. Chen answered that he was not worried about winning or losing and that he wanted to skate his best program ever.