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Chris Whalen

3×3 · top 96.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008WHAL01

Chris Whalen has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:20.80, set at Lexington Fall Open 2008, puts him in the top 96.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58,458th in the United States. Across 1 competition since November 2008, he has put 11 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 96.9% of 284,439 all-time
1:20.80
signature single · Lexington Fall Open 2008
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:20.801:34.45
top 96.9%58,458 / 59,724
2×239.4446.24
top 99.6%40,880 / 40,951
4×47:14.53
early days — 1 solve19,112 / 19,072

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 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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 20.80 away.
  • A sub-30 2×2 single — 184,484 people have one; it is 9.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.