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Frank Chen

3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013CHEN30

Frank Chen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.24, set at Toronto Open Spring 2014, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,394th in Canada. Across 3 competitions since July 2013, he has put 56 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.50 in July 2013 to 12.24, a 34% improvement. Frank has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.24
signature single · Toronto Open Spring 2014
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×312.2415.55
top 14.7%1,394 / 10,392
2×23.624.59
top 21.7%1,452 / 7,173
4×41:04.171:06.45
top 40.9%1,098 / 3,118

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

Canadian Open 2013: 18.50Toronto Open Spring 2014: 12.24Battle of Waterloo 2014: 14.1812.2418.506 Jul 201331 May 2014

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.