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Hong Chen

3×3 blindfolded · top 30.0% of 12,178 all-time · competing since September 2005 · 2005CHEN02

Hong Chen has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:50.03, set at Lynden Open 2012, puts him in the top 30.0% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 102nd in Canada. Across 12 competitions since September 2005, he has put 96 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.22 in September 2005 to 20.55, a 34% improvement. Hong has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 30.0% of 12,178 all-time
1:50.03
signature single · Lynden Open 2012
96
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×3 blindfolded1:50.03
top 30.0%102 / 351
3×320.5523.36
top 41.5%4,151 / 10,392
4×41:10.821:28.12
top 47.7%1,295 / 3,118
5×52:30.333:10.99
top 65.9%869 / 1,499
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 6 cubes · 52:29
early days — 1 solve94 / 112
3×3 one-handed1:06.751:17.86
top 87.5%2,199 / 2,620

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

Swedish Open 2005: 31.22Canadian Open 2007: 23.72Vancouver Open Summer 2008: 20.55Niagara Open Summer 2008: 21.2220.5531.2210 Sep 200523 Aug 2008

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-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,810 people have one; it is 20.03 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.