People · Chinese Taipei
Jen Yuan Chen (陳楨元)
5×5 · top 7.2% of 40,792 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013CHEN16
Jen Yuan Chen (陳楨元) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:03.00, set at Taipei Open 2017, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 113th in Chinese Taipei. Until September 2010, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2013, he has put 309 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:25.44 in April 2013 to 1:03.00, a 26% improvement. Jen has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:03.00 | 1:13.53 | top 7.2% | 113 / 639 | |
| 7×7 | 2:54.16 | 3:05.11 | top 8.9% | 41 / 252 | |
| 6×6 | 2:01.00 | 2:08.93 | top 11.4% | 67 / 292 | |
| 4×4 | 41.65 | 45.14 | top 14.1% | 316 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 | 12.61 | 14.55 | top 16.1% | 955 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.17 | 45.85 | top 61.1% | 668 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 8.13 | 9.39 | top 68.7% | 1,358 / 1,669 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Oct 2016Five personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2016.
- 27 Feb 2016Three personal bests in one day at Big Cubes Challenge 2016.
- 11 Jul 2015Five personal bests in one day at Taiwan Open 2015.
- 2 Mar 2014First sub-15 3×3: 12.77 at Shanghai Spring 2014.
- 2 Mar 2014Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Spring 2014.
- 3 Aug 2013Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Summer 2013.
Competitions
- Cubing Tainan 2018 · 28 Jan 2018
- Taipei Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2016 · 9 Jul 2016
- Big Cubes Challenge 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Open 2015 · 6 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2015 · 26 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Open 2015 · 11 Jul 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015 · 15 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2014 · 2 Mar 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Maritime Open 2013 · 20 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 3.00 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 54.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.