People · China
Jintao Chen (陈金韬)
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023CHEJ08
Jintao Chen (陈金韬) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,489th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2023, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.05 in November 2023 to 3.46, a 31% improvement. Jintao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.63 | 12.26 | top 6.4% | 2,489 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 3.87 | top 19.7% | 3,236 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 13.58 | 17.53 | top 73.1% | 3,825 / 5,004 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Chongqing Open 2023. A 11.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
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.
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Gang Ji (纪纲) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.