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Derek Chen

3×3 · top 13.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015CHEN19

Derek Chen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.80, set at Slow N Steady Fall 2016, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,074th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2015, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.37 in April 2015 to 11.80, a 12% improvement. Derek has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.80
signature single · Slow N Steady Fall 2016
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8013.24
top 13.2%7,074 / 59,724
4×457.811:06.63
top 34.1%5,461 / 19,072
2×25.366.79
top 43.7%17,637 / 40,951

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

Virginia Open Spring 2015: 13.37Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 14.09Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 11.8011.8014.0911 Apr 201524 Sep 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.