People · Canada
Franklin Chen
2×2 · top 11.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CHEF01
Franklin Chen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.78, set at Vancouver Open Summer 2017, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 792nd in Canada. Across 7 competitions since June 2017, he has put 107 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.26 in June 2017 to 14.30, a 29% improvement. Franklin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 3.77 | top 11.9% | 792 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 8.94 | top 13.4% | 521 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 14.30 | 16.16 | top 22.1% | 2,141 / 10,502 | |
| Skewb | 6.81 | 8.41 | top 32.3% | 799 / 2,928 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.26 | 37.95 | top 47.3% | 1,101 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,648 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:25.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 332 / 362 |
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
- 29 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 30 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.64 at Vancouver Select 2018.
- 10 Jun 2017First competition: Vancouver Open Summer 2017. A 20.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
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.
- Chin Lam — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Aedan Loughran — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.