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Jordan Chen

3×3 · top 39.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2005 · 2005CHEN03

Jordan Chen has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.91, set at Austin Spring 2009, puts him in the top 39.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,478th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2005, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.05 in August 2005 to 19.91, a 55% improvement. Jordan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.7% of 284,439 all-time
19.91
signature single · Austin Spring 2009
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.9123.57
top 39.7%22,478 / 59,724
2×218.4421.52
top 94.4%39,173 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:55.75
top 97.9%15,341 / 15,683

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

Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005: 44.05Austin Open 2008: 23.67Austin Spring 2009: 19.9119.9144.0513 Aug 200521 Feb 2009

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.91 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 3.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.