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Chen Miao (苗琛)

3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010MIAO01

Chen Miao (苗琛) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at One Night in Beijing 2016, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,369th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2010, he has put 355 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.78 in November 2010 to 10.39, a 30% improvement. Chen has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.39
signature single · One Night in Beijing 2016
355
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.3912.41
top 8.6%3,369 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed18.7220.89
top 17.0%1,684 / 5,922
4×447.5849.87
top 21.6%2,323 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.559.15
top 24.2%2,753 / 10,224
2×24.405.87
top 31.6%5,421 / 15,796
5×52:31.443:13.83
top 66.5%2,506 / 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

Tianjin Open 2010: 14.78Beijing Spring 2011: 14.11Beijing Summer Open 2011: 14.47Human Rights Day 2011: 13.88Beijing Summer 2012: 13.90Beijing Summer 2013: 13.63Beijing Winter Open 2013: 12.29Beijing Summer Open 2014: 12.62BUAA Open 2014: 12.28Tangshan Open 2016: 10.43One Night in Beijing 2016: 10.39Birmingham Open 2016: 12.00Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 12.09Tangshan Open 2019: 13.5010.3914.7821 Nov 201019 May 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.