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Chester Lian

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009LIAN03

Chester Lian has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Duke Summer 2016, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 271st in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since February 2009, he has put 1,724 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.77 in February 2009 to 9.23, a 28% improvement. Chester has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.23
signature single · Duke Summer 2016
1,724
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×39.2311.12
top 5.4%271 / 3,773
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 53:09—
top 6.4%4 / 48
3×3 one-handed14.4719.21
top 7.0%104 / 1,327
2×22.334.00
top 7.3%184 / 2,541
3×3 blindfolded49.951:00.17
top 9.9%15 / 169
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
top 14.8%22 / 112
4×443.6250.23
top 16.6%268 / 1,219
4×4 blindfolded5:54.136:42.38
top 28.1%11 / 31
5×51:31.361:40.71
top 28.4%219 / 617
5×5 blindfolded14:24.00—
top 38.5%6 / 14
Megaminx1:50.312:13.40
top 40.5%257 / 518
Pyraminx8.9114.05
top 44.0%895 / 1,723
Square-133.2247.31
top 55.5%225 / 364
Clock17.3321.11
top 56.6%244 / 406
7×75:49.966:10.51
top 65.2%161 / 188
6×64:31.404:55.97
top 75.0%201 / 232

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

Singapore Open 2009: 12.77MIT Fall 2009: 11.63Thankscubing Day 2009: 12.16Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009: 12.77Washington DC Open 2010: 12.27Chicago Open 2010: 11.34Indiana Winter 2010: 11.18Ohio Open 2010: 12.43Minnesota Open 2010: 12.56Battle of Lexington 2010: 9.58Cat and Mouse 2010: 12.34United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 11.63DeVry University Open 2010: 12.18Dayton Open 2010: 11.36UIUC Spring 2011: 11.80Dayton Blind 2011: 10.88UIndy Open 2011: 10.88Ohio Open 2011: 10.46United States National Championships 2011: 11.50Dayton Fall 2011: 11.28New Albany 2012: 11.19United States National Championships 2012: 10.27St. Joseph's College Summer 2012: 9.83Dayton Fall 2012: 9.47Dayton Open 2013: 9.96New Albany 2013: 10.75Tree Town 2013: 10.06World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.67US Nationals 2014: 10.95Virginia Open Fall 2014: 9.51Virginia Open Spring 2015: 10.24US Nationals 2015: 10.74ODU Big Blue Open 2015: 10.31Virginia Open Fall 2015: 9.64ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 10.67Duke Summer 2016: 9.23ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 9.44Virginia Open Spring 2017: 10.67ODU Big Blue Fall 2017: 9.47Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 10.21ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 10.869.2312.7728 Feb 200931 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.