People · Australia
Daniel Chen
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018CHED02
Daniel Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Odd Day in Sydney 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 442nd in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2018, he has put 128 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.76 in October 2018 to 8.95, a 35% improvement. Daniel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 11.53 | top 4.7% | 442 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 4.20 | top 6.7% | 508 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.36 | 9.51 | top 9.5% | 437 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.00 | 27.48 | top 28.8% | 651 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.56 | 1:27.51 | top 55.5% | 1,539 / 3,051 |
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
- 10 Nov 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Odd Day in Sydney 2019.
- 11 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 6 Oct 2018First competition: Australian Nationals 2018. A 13.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021 · 23 May 2021
- Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fortitude Sydney 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
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.
- Sora Sato — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Loic Chiang — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jack Mennie — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.