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Liwen Chen (陈李文)

3×3 · top 15.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010CHEN32

Liwen Chen (陈李文) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.36, set at Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011, puts him in the top 15.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,952nd in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2010, he has put 32 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.34 in August 2010 to 12.36, a 24% improvement. Liwen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.36
signature single · Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.3615.27
top 15.1%5,952 / 28,153
2×25.618.18
top 46.6%7,996 / 15,796

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

Shantou Open 2010: 16.34Guangzhou Small Cubes 2010: 16.13Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011: 12.3612.3616.348 Aug 201031 Jul 2011

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.