People · China
Jie Chen (陈杰)
3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013CHEN81
Jie Chen (陈杰) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Kunshan Morning 2021, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,909th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since November 2013, he has put 360 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.97 in November 2013 to 10.84, a 40% improvement. Jie has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.84 | 14.81 | top 10.0% | 3,909 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.89 | top 15.5% | 2,475 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 48.00 | 50.89 | top 22.1% | 2,383 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.77 | 1:47.24 | top 28.7% | 1,313 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.99 | 16.41 | top 44.7% | 4,760 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 3:31.25 | 4:04.60 | top 55.1% | 1,023 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:27.54 | 5:48.40 | top 59.0% | 997 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.04 | 1:05.36 | top 73.8% | 5,485 / 5,922 |
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 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.70 at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 3 Nov 2013First competition: Wenzhou Open 2013. A 17.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Linhai Newcomers 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Morning 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2013 · 3 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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.