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Alan Chen

3×3 · top 26.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016CHEA04

Alan Chen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.46, set at Australian Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 26.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,377th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since December 2016, he has put 33 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.36 in December 2016 to 15.46, a 39% improvement. Alan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 26.0% of 284,439 all-time
15.46
signature single · Australian Nationals 2017
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×315.4618.66
top 26.0%2,377 / 11,709
Skewb7.6317.36
top 38.5%1,148 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed34.3038.54
top 56.0%1,315 / 2,659
2×26.557.26
top 56.4%4,523 / 8,567
4×41:37.78
early days — 2 solves2,007 / 3,051

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

POPS Open 2016: 25.36Australian Nationals 2017: 15.4615.4625.3611 Dec 201623 Sep 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.