People · China
Jing Chen (陈憬)
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016CHEJ08
Jing Chen (陈憬) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.71, set at Kunshan Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 832nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2016, he has put 503 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.84 in November 2016 to 7.71, a 22% improvement. Jing has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.71 | 9.06 | top 2.3% | 832 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.26 | 13.82 | top 3.4% | 294 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 33.12 | 38.20 | top 5.0% | 499 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.76 | 1:16.84 | top 10.1% | 497 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.59 | top 16.1% | 2,585 / 15,796 |
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
- 20 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Autumn 2018.
- 25 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018.
- 16 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016First competition: Hangzhou Autumn 2016. A 11.62 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Hangzhou Autumn 2016.
Competitions
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open PM 2021 · 16 May 2021
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhu Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lukas Shelley — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Xuming Wang (王旭明) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.