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Alex Chen

2×2 · top 56.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010CHEN17

Alex Chen has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.52, set at San Diego Open 2010, puts him in the top 56.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,968th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2010, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. Alex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 56.2% of 186,767 all-time
6.52
signature single · San Diego Open 2010
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×26.5215.27
top 56.2%22,968 / 40,951
3×328.0234.33
top 58.9%34,900 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:46.162:38.88
top 97.0%15,163 / 15,683

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

Berkeley Spring 2010: 30.50San Diego Open 2010: 31.03Berkeley Summer 2010: 28.0228.0231.0325 Apr 201011 Jul 2010

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 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.