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Chien-Tai Tan (譚建泰)

3×3 · top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009TANC01

Chien-Tai Tan (譚建泰) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.71, set at Taiwan Spring Open 2010, puts him in the top 23.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,346th in Chinese Taipei. Across 4 competitions since February 2009, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.31 in February 2009 to 14.71, a 20% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.71
signature single · Taiwan Spring Open 2010
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×314.7116.49
top 23.4%1,346 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed29.8338.95
top 46.3%552 / 802
5×52:29.682:43.14
top 65.6%524 / 639
Pyraminx13.6817.04
top 76.3%860 / 1,016

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

Taiwan Winter Open 2009: 18.31Taiwan Spring Open 2009: 16.44Taiwan Winter Open 2010: 16.03Taiwan Spring Open 2010: 14.7114.7118.318 Feb 200911 Apr 2010

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.71 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 4.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.