People · Chinese Taipei
Bing-Ke Chen (陳秉科)
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013CHEN59
Bing-Ke Chen (陳秉科) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2013, he has put 263 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.68 in August 2013 to 9.23, a 14% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 10.56 | top 5.4% | 328 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.59 | 20.04 | top 9.3% | 134 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 38.98 | 44.82 | top 10.9% | 253 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 5.84 | top 27.1% | 653 / 1,669 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.83 | 1:40.99 | top 32.2% | 347 / 639 |
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
- 5 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015.
- 14 Dec 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Hsinchu Winter Open 2014.
- 2 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2014.
- 15 Jun 2014Three personal bests in one day at Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014.
- 17 Aug 2013First competition: Taiwan Summer Open 2013. A 10.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018 · 7 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2017 · 15 Jul 2017
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015 · 15 Aug 2015
- Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015 · 5 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014 · 15 Jun 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 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.
- Shu-Yii Luo (駱書翊) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Er-Sheng Kuo (郭爾陞) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yu-Ying Li (李昱穎) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.