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Keying Chen (陈柯颖)

Pyraminx · top 9.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017CHEK04

Keying Chen (陈柯颖) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.44, set at Yunnan Open 2018, puts her in the top 9.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,173rd in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, she has put 54 official solves on the record across two events. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 7.80 in October 2017 to 4.44, a 43% improvement. Keying has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 9.9% of 129,321 all-time
4.44
signature single · Yunnan Open 2018
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.445.77
top 9.9%1,173 / 10,224
3×330.5733.95
top 63.5%19,192 / 28,153

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

China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 7.80Yunnan Open 2017: 5.11Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 5.10Yunnan Open 2018: 4.44Kunming Open 2019: 5.11Yunnan Open 2019: 7.214.447.801 Oct 20176 Oct 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as she improves.