People · Chinese Taipei
Guan Ying Chen (陳冠穎)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011CHEN03
Guan Ying Chen (陳冠穎) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 264th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2011, he has put 333 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.19 in February 2011 to 8.81, a 21% improvement. Guan 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 | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.81 | 9.90 | top 4.4% | 264 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 35.15 | 38.74 | top 6.8% | 169 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.17 | 17.84 | top 8.5% | 122 / 802 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.56 | 1:12.54 | top 10.6% | 164 / 639 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 4.07 | top 13.0% | 355 / 1,669 | |
| 6×6 | 2:27.06 | 2:52.90 | top 24.1% | 127 / 292 | |
| 7×7 | 3:50.72 | 4:04.48 | top 27.4% | 120 / 252 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:57.68 | — | top 32.7% | 46 / 147 |
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
- 5 Apr 2015Four personal bests in one day at Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015.
- 26 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Open 2013.
- 17 Aug 2013Nine personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2013.
- 30 Mar 2013Four personal bests in one day at MARU Cube for kid Day 2013.
- 25 Aug 2012First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Taiwan Summer Open 2012.
- 25 Aug 2012Five personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2012.
Competitions
- Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015 · 5 Apr 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Open 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 9 personal bests set
- MARU Cube for kid Day 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer 2011 · 21 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011
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.
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Yi-Heng Lee (李宜衡) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.