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Chao Ding (丁超)

3×3 · top 18.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015DING06

Chao Ding (丁超) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.26, set at Kunshan Open 2018, puts him in the top 18.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,165th in China. Across 7 competitions since August 2015, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% 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 21.88 in August 2015 to 13.26, a 39% improvement. Chao has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.3% of 284,439 all-time
13.26
signature single · Kunshan Open 2018
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.2615.29
top 18.3%7,165 / 28,153
4×454.7759.29
top 30.5%3,099 / 5,926
7×74:50.784:51.96
top 48.0%859 / 1,261
2×26.178.43
top 52.6%8,946 / 15,796
5×52:19.09
early days — 1 solve2,381 / 2,816

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

Wuxi Open 2015: 21.88Zhenjiang Open 2015: 18.29Shanghai Spring 2016: 17.08Suzhou Open 2016: 16.62Wuxi Open 2017: 15.50Suzhou Open 2017: 14.06Kunshan Open 2018: 13.2613.2621.888 Aug 201521 Apr 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.