People · Chinese Taipei
Chi-Tung Chen (陳智彤)
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014CHEN23
Chi-Tung Chen (陳智彤) has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016, puts her in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2014, she has put 371 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.27 in July 2014 to 9.23, a 43% improvement. She has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 12.29 | top 5.4% | 328 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 38.84 | 48.08 | top 10.8% | 248 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 5.34 | top 14.0% | 371 / 1,669 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.56 | 1:26.06 | top 15.0% | 212 / 639 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.11 | 1:27.60 | top 19.3% | 111 / 362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.18 | 25.28 | top 20.9% | 267 / 802 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.09 | 8.99 | top 28.6% | 401 / 1,016 | |
| 7×7 | 4:27.00 | 4:47.97 | top 40.1% | 157 / 252 | |
| Clock | 14.17 | 14.84 | top 44.6% | 203 / 366 | |
| 6×6 | 3:23.22 | 3:34.02 | top 51.9% | 210 / 292 |
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 May 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Four personal bests in one day at Shanghai Spring 2016.
- 30 Aug 2015Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Summer Open 2015.
- 8 Aug 2015Four personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2015.
- 25 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015.
- 12 Jul 2014First competition: Suzhou Open 2014. A 16.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lishui University Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014
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 her.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jiajun Li (李嘉俊) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.84 away.
Targets move as she improves.