People · Australia
Alex Chen
3×3 one-handed · top 2.0% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013CHEN84
Alex Chen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.19, set at POPS Open 2016, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Australia. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2013, he has put 897 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in November 2013 to 9.02, a 40% improvement. Alex has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.19 | 15.61 | top 2.0% | 53 / 2,659 | |
| 3×3 | 9.02 | 10.18 | top 4.9% | 454 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 3.51 | 5.80 | top 7.8% | 216 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.56 | top 8.3% | 624 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 37.27 | 40.47 | top 9.0% | 233 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.02 | 1:29.09 | top 17.6% | 231 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.34 | 7.08 | top 22.5% | 1,130 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.47 | 1:44.62 | top 33.0% | 406 / 1,277 | |
| 6×6 | 3:18.16 | 3:38.41 | top 49.6% | 300 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 5:35.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 292 / 523 | |
| Square-1 | 53.61 | — | early days — 1 solve | 744 / 899 |
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
- 20 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2015.
- 2 Aug 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014.
- 2 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014.
- 29 Jun 2014Seven personal bests in one day at Melbourne Winter 2014.
- 11 Jan 2014Four personal bests in one day at Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014.
Competitions
- Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- POPS Open 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2016 · 24 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Connor's Cube Day 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2015 · 1 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2015 · 31 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Autumn 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Niddrie 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Day 2014 · 9 Nov 2014
- Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Winter 2014 · 29 Jun 2014 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014 · 11 Jan 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Day 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Spring 2013 · 9 Nov 2013
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.
- Feliks Zemdegs — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jayden McNeill — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kirt Protacio — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.