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Kang Chen (陈康)

3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019CHEK04

Kang Chen (陈康) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at Changsha Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,175th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2019, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in July 2019 to 10.22, a 40% improvement. Kang has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.22
signature single · Changsha Open 2023
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.2212.23
top 8.1%3,175 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.426.24
top 9.8%1,156 / 10,224
Megaminx1:37.601:49.94
top 33.1%992 / 1,678

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

Longyan Open 2019: 17.09Changsha Open 2023: 10.2210.2217.0921 Jul 201923 Dec 2023

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.