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Linqi Chen (陈林奇)

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013CHEN13

Linqi Chen (陈林奇) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Guilin Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,436th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2013, he has put 498 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.36 in April 2013 to 8.53, a 54% improvement. Linqi has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.53
signature single · Guilin Open 2017
498
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.5312.39
top 3.8%1,436 / 28,153
Pyraminx3.706.00
top 6.3%741 / 10,224
4×438.2540.45
top 10.1%1,063 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed16.2717.93
top 10.9%1,061 / 5,922
2×23.044.09
top 14.7%2,320 / 15,796
Skewb4.617.38
top 15.3%942 / 5,004
5×51:22.641:32.25
top 21.3%1,021 / 2,816
Megaminx1:32.911:44.37
top 30.0%903 / 1,678
Square-124.3727.54
top 37.7%639 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded2:29.913:04.67
top 43.2%628 / 1,183
Clock14.5117.68
top 45.9%1,084 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves46.00
early days — 3 solves560 / 1,058
6×63:35.003:44.84
early days — 3 solves1,044 / 1,349
7×75:30.645:53.72
early days — 3 solves1,004 / 1,261

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 Normal University 2013: 18.36Suzhou Open 2014: 18.47Nanjing Autumn 2014: 16.63Nanjing Spring 2015: 15.23Wuxi Open 2015: 13.88Nanjing Spring 2016: 12.50Nanning Open 2017: 10.42Wuxi Open 2017: 12.04Guilin Open 2017: 8.53Shanghai Winter 2018: 12.64Nanjing Spring 2018: 11.36Guilin Open 2018: 10.79Suzhou Open 2018: 11.40Guilin Open 2019: 10.078.5318.476 Apr 20138 Jun 2019

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 0.53 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.