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Chao Chen (陈超)

3×3 · top 50.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013CHEN07

Chao Chen (陈超) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.12, set at Nanjing Spring 2015, puts him in the top 50.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,248th in China. Across 2 competitions since March 2013, he has put 16 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.97 in March 2013 to 24.12, an 11% improvement. Chao has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 50.6% of 284,439 all-time
24.12
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2015
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×324.1225.48
top 50.6%16,248 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed32.8438.04
top 53.0%4,504 / 5,922

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

Zhejiang University 2013: 26.97Nanjing Spring 2015: 24.1224.1226.9723 Mar 20131 May 2015

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.12 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 2.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.