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Bowen Ding (丁博文)

3×3 · top 25.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010DING05

Bowen Ding (丁博文) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.44, set at Xi'an Spring 2011, puts him in the top 25.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,717th in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2010, he has put 25 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.58 in December 2010 to 15.44, a 17% improvement. Bowen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.9% of 284,439 all-time
15.44
signature single · Xi'an Spring 2011
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.4420.67
top 25.9%9,717 / 28,153

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

Xi'an Winter Open 2010: 18.58Xi'an Spring 2011: 15.44Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012: 18.3615.4418.5826 Dec 201015 Apr 2012

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 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.