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Danyang Chen (陈丹阳)

3×3 blindfolded · top 13.3% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2007 · 2007DANY01

Danyang Chen (陈丹阳) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:00.68, set at Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in China. Across 19 competitions since December 2007, he has put 91 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.88 in December 2007 to 13.93, a 17% improvement. Danyang has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 13.3% of 12,178 all-time
1:00.68
signature single · Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009
91
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded1:00.681:21.08
top 13.3%200 / 1,183
3×313.9316.26
top 20.7%8,002 / 28,153
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 37:00
early days — 3 solves123 / 278
2×28.2514.33
top 69.4%11,417 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves
early days — 1 solve951 / 1,058
Pyraminx21.9129.02
top 94.9%9,493 / 10,224

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

Beijing Open 2007: 16.88Beijing Spring Open 2008: 15.09Nanjing Open 2008: 13.93Beijing Spring Open 2009: 16.43World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 17.84China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 18.4713.9318.4715 Dec 20071 Oct 2017

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-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.