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David Chen
Pyraminx · top 27.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013CHEN76
David Chen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023, puts him in the top 27.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,725th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since October 2013, he has put 87 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.44 in June 2022 to 24.13, a 12% improvement. David has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.98 | 11.30 | top 27.7% | 7,725 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 24.13 | 27.05 | top 50.8% | 30,051 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 10.43 | 14.61 | top 57.7% | 10,672 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 7.86 | 8.67 | top 66.9% | 28,118 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 2:42.35 | 3:57.83 | top 94.1% | 18,318 / 19,354 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023.
- 12 Oct 2013First competition: Leaf Town 2013.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Washtenaw 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Washtenaw Mini 2 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Autumn 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 5 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Blizzard Town 2014 · 11 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Leaf Town 2013 · 12 Oct 2013
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.
- Yuxuan Chen (陈雨璇) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Hildreth — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Quinn Lawson — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 4.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.