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Bowen Tan (谭博文)

3×3 · top 94.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013TANB01

Bowen Tan (谭博文) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:10.30, set at Weifang Open 2013, puts him in the top 94.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,795th in China. Across 1 competition since April 2013, he has put 11 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 94.9% of 284,439 all-time
1:10.30
signature single · Weifang Open 2013
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×31:10.301:17.92
top 94.9%26,795 / 28,153
Pyraminx27.0933.74
top 97.6%9,908 / 10,224
2×232.46
early days — 2 solves15,723 / 15,796

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 story so far

  • 14 Apr 2013First competition: Weifang Open 2013. A 1:10.30 3×3 single to start from.

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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 10.30 away.
  • A sub-25 Pyraminx single — 125,177 people have one; it is 2.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.