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Jeff Chiu

3×3 · top 26.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006CHIU01

Jeff Chiu has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.55, set at US Nationals and Open 2008, puts him in the top 26.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,346th in the United States. Across 21 competitions since January 2006, he has put 323 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.92 in January 2006 to 15.55, a 59% improvement. Jeff has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.3% of 284,439 all-time
15.55
signature single · US Nationals and Open 2008
323
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.5517.83
top 26.3%14,346 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed36.8343.56
top 60.5%8,493 / 15,683
4×41:29.381:41.90
top 63.1%11,060 / 19,072
2×28.6112.38
top 71.4%29,491 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves
early days — 1 solve1,801 / 2,040
5×53:44.914:14.39
top 89.3%8,372 / 9,401
Pyraminx36.211:09.03
top 99.1%28,600 / 28,708

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

Caltech Winter competition 2006: 37.92Caltech Spring competition 2006: 29.01US Nationals 2006: 21.95UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 20.16Caltech Winter competition 2007: 22.30Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 17.18San Diego competition 2007: 19.28Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 16.71EPGY California Open 2008: 16.55Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 18.68US Nationals and Open 2008: 15.55Berkeley Fall 2008: 17.88San Francisco Open 2009: 18.00Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 16.66Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 16.94US Nationals 2009: 18.15Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 16.15Stanford Fall competition 2009: 16.94Berkeley Winter 2010: 15.80Reno Lake Tahoe Winter 2010: 18.11Berkeley Fall 2011: 19.5915.5537.9214 Jan 20063 Dec 2011

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 6.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.