People · China
Chao Pan (潘超)
4×4 · top 4.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018PANC04
Chao Pan (潘超) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.06, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 406th in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2018, he has put 119 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.74 in August 2018 to 9.33, a 32% improvement. Chao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.06 | 37.18 | top 4.2% | 406 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 9.33 | 10.65 | top 5.7% | 2,193 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.40 | 19.04 | top 11.1% | 1,088 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 4.84 | top 21.3% | 3,513 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.79 | 1:39.97 | top 32.9% | 1,487 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 11.29 | 15.57 | top 62.4% | 3,385 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.19 | 17.99 | top 68.4% | 6,895 / 10,224 |
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
- 14 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 14 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Suzhou Open 2018. A 13.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ziang Chen (陈梓昂) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhibo Jin (金智博) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.