People · China
Liang Chen (陈亮)
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012CHEN43
Liang Chen (陈亮) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at Wuhan University Open 2015, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,407th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2012, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.68 in November 2012 to 10.43, an 11% improvement. Liang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.43 | 11.38 | top 8.7% | 3,407 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.28 | 25.73 | top 18.6% | 1,859 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,273 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.88 | 1:27.43 | top 49.7% | 4,501 / 5,926 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Nov 2012First competition: Wuhan Open 2012. A 12.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2012 · 4 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sheng Jiang (蒋笙) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Shikai Jiang (江侍锴) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.