People · China
Gong Chen (陈功)
3×3 · top 22.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017CHEG01
Gong Chen (陈功) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.44, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,616th in China. Across 9 competitions since August 2017, he has put 93 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.09 in August 2017 to 14.44, a 37% improvement. Gong 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.44 | 18.45 | top 22.5% | 8,616 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 56.07 | 1:19.61 | top 32.0% | 3,227 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.90 | 8.09 | top 38.1% | 6,567 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.97 | — | top 61.2% | 847 / 1,183 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.28 | 12.63 | top 62.5% | 6,380 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 57.00 | top 65.6% | 774 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 55.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,705 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 29.18 | 34.37 | top 83.4% | 1,693 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 28.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,815 / 5,004 | |
| 6×6 | 7:49.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,351 / 1,349 |
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
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at China Championship 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 5 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.68 at Hefei Open 2017.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Yangzhou Open 2017. A 23.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 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.
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.44 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 6.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.