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Derek Chen (陈德瑞)
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024CHEN87
Derek Chen (陈德瑞) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.95, set at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,092nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since June 2024, he has put 29 official solves on the record across five events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 11.41 | top 7.3% | 4,092 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 50.73 | 57.29 | top 25.8% | 4,018 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.15 | 25.50 | top 29.2% | 3,826 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 5.35 | 6.18 | top 43.7% | 17,886 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 8.61 | 11.20 | top 45.9% | 8,217 / 19,164 |
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
- 22 Jun 2024First competition: Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024. A 9.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zairong Li (李在容) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yaze Lü (吕亚泽) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 21,117 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.