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Jason Chen
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013CHEN91
Jason Chen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.62, set at Nisei Week 2017, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,093rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2013, he has put 98 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.05 in November 2013 to 10.62, a 58% improvement. Jason 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.62 | 14.04 | top 9.3% | 5,093 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.53 | 13.46 | top 16.6% | 4,417 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 5.73 | top 17.1% | 6,687 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.20 | 32.54 | top 37.3% | 4,966 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 16.23 | 20.43 | top 82.0% | 15,713 / 18,907 |
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
- 24 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at St. Francis II: GYM 2016.
- 20 Feb 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at Caltech Winter 2016.
- 22 Feb 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.46 at Caltech Winter Open 2014.
- 16 Nov 2013First competition: Caltech Fall Open 2013. A 25.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Spring Open 2014 · 17 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013
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.
- Nathan Soria — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Davani — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.