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Huang Chen (陈煌)

2×2 · top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017CHEH07

Huang Chen (陈煌) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,495th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2017, he has put 198 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.75 in October 2017 to 11.64, a 64% improvement. Huang has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.60
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
198
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.605.63
top 9.9%1,495 / 15,796
3×311.6413.22
top 12.6%5,000 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed18.7621.46
top 17.1%1,696 / 5,922
Skewb5.208.59
top 19.7%1,221 / 5,004
4×457.7158.76
top 34.0%3,376 / 5,926
Pyraminx8.4610.71
top 40.2%4,336 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.00
top 48.3%560 / 1,058

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

China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 32.75Shenzhen Open 2017: 23.40Guangdong Open 2018: 19.28Shenzhen Open 2018: 12.84Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 12.33Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 15.16GDSY Open 2019: 12.42Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 12.08China Championship 2019: 11.64Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.8311.6432.751 Oct 201724 Aug 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.