People · Canada
James Chen
3×3 · top 10.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023CHEN39
James Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.92, set at Ontario Championship 2024, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 956th in Canada. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 183 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.53 in March 2023 to 10.92, a 25% improvement. James has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.92 | 11.85 | top 10.3% | 956 / 10,502 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.14 | 1:08.44 | top 11.2% | 105 / 1,393 | |
| 4×4 | 43.20 | 54.90 | top 16.1% | 410 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 21.73 | 29.47 | top 31.9% | 279 / 973 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.17 | 28.83 | top 37.4% | 827 / 2,632 |
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
- 9 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ontario Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Carleton Place Summer 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Fall A 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First competition: Pickering A 2023. A 14.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Thornhill Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Appleby Summer B 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Side Events 2023 · 2 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Newmarket 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering A 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
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.
- Burno Chak Kwan Li (李澤堃) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Xiong (熊锐明) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 2.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.