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Chen Chen (陈晨)

2×2 · top 20.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CHEN88

Chen Chen (陈晨) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.56, set at Beijing Open 2018, puts him in the top 20.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,438th in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2017, he has put 110 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 26% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.21 in May 2017 to 3.56, a 32% improvement. Chen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.56
signature single · Beijing Open 2018
110
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.564.93
top 20.9%3,438 / 15,796
3×321.7227.71
top 44.7%14,889 / 28,153
Skewb9.0215.74
top 48.5%2,771 / 5,004
Pyraminx10.6713.96
top 58.1%6,015 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 2 solves774 / 1,058
Square-154.301:06.49
top 79.8%1,243 / 1,362

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

Tangshan Open 2017: 5.21Beijing Open 2017: 3.84China Championship 2017: 4.43Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 3.57Beijing Open 2018: 3.563.565.2128 May 201730 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.