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Junjian Chen (陈军建)

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009CHEN49

Junjian Chen (陈军建) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Lishui University Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,109th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2009, he has put 146 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.19 in December 2009 to 9.24, a 49% improvement. Junjian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.24
signature single · Lishui University Open 2018
146
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.2413.67
top 5.4%2,109 / 28,153
2×23.514.93
top 20.3%3,336 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed20.4521.70
top 21.7%2,159 / 5,922
5×51:27.931:40.34
top 25.6%1,193 / 2,816
4×454.571:02.81
top 30.2%3,083 / 5,926
Pyraminx13.9619.32
top 77.6%7,703 / 10,224

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

Nanjing Open 2009: 18.19Hangzhou Open 2010: 15.93Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 12.86Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011: 12.27Lishui University Open 2018: 9.249.2418.196 Dec 20092 Jun 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.