People · United States
Carter Chen
3×3 · top 29.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016CHEC02
Carter Chen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.61, set at West LA Spring 2019, puts him in the top 29.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,346th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since October 2016, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.26 in October 2016 to 16.61, a 69% improvement. Carter 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.61 | 19.10 | top 29.8% | 16,346 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 8.90 | 14.05 | top 73.0% | 30,173 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 18.21 | 25.18 | top 90.2% | 26,491 / 28,708 |
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
- 27 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.61 at West LA Spring 2019.
- 18 Aug 2018First sub-30 3×3: 22.62 at Nisei Week 2018.
- 8 Oct 2016First competition: Newport Fall 2016. A 54.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NTU Open 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- 2FTI San Diego 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Brown — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.