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Jimmy Chen

2×2 · top 11.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019CHEN99

Jimmy Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.78, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2019, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 887th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since May 2019, he has put 140 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.71 in May 2019 to 11.47, a 22% improvement. Jimmy has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.78
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2019
140
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.784.92
top 11.8%887 / 8,567
3×311.4714.21
top 12.0%1,063 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed17.9326.12
top 14.9%333 / 2,659
4×454.361:01.16
top 30.0%785 / 3,051
Skewb7.3810.98
top 36.6%1,082 / 3,534
5×52:17.91
early days — 1 solve831 / 1,356

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

Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 14.71WCA World Championship 2019: 15.82Altona Algorithms 2019: 12.50Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 11.47Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 12.54Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 15.3411.4715.8218 May 201923 Apr 2022

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.