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Jingyuan Chen (陈静远)

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012CHEN25

Jingyuan Chen (陈静远) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Nanchang Open 2013, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 415th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2012, he has put 1,184 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.15 in March 2013 to 3.09, a 40% improvement. Jingyuan has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.73
signature single · Nanchang Open 2013
1,184
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.733.51
top 3.2%415 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.094.69
top 3.9%473 / 10,224
3×310.8812.73
top 10.1%3,957 / 28,153
Skewb4.087.63
top 11.4%678 / 5,004
4×442.9751.02
top 15.7%1,705 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves38.00
top 17.4%183 / 1,058
Clock8.729.49
top 18.6%411 / 1,843
5×51:23.931:43.80
top 22.3%1,067 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed20.9523.90
top 23.1%2,305 / 5,922
Megaminx1:25.181:39.89
top 25.0%772 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded2:20.71—
top 40.4%587 / 1,183
Square-125.8331.62
top 41.0%701 / 1,362
6×63:24.163:36.66
top 52.4%981 / 1,349
7×75:19.785:30.71
top 56.8%973 / 1,261
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 18:22—
early days — 1 solve199 / 278

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

Zhejiang University 2013: 5.15Nanjing Normal University 2013: 6.25Shantou Open 2013: 4.83Hefei Open 2013: 4.25Nanchang Open 2013: 4.81Hefei Spring 2014: 4.11Hefei Summer Open 2014: 5.00Nanjing Autumn 2014: 4.10AnHui University Open 2015: 4.04Hefei Open 2015: 4.41Wuxi Open 2015: 3.09China Championship 2015: 3.76Nanjing Autumn 2015: 3.91Wuhan University Open 2015: 3.46Shanghai Spring 2016: 4.28Nanjing Spring 2016: 3.34Hefei Open 2016: 4.06Asian Championship 2016: 3.54Cubelonia 2017: 3.77World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 3.43German Open 2018: 4.363.096.2523 Mar 201321 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.