People · United States
Max Chen
3×3 · top 42.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019CHEM08
Max Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.77, set at Slow N Steady Winter 2020, puts him in the top 42.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,059th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2019, he has put 38 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.46 in November 2019 to 20.77, a 41% improvement. Max 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.77 | 27.60 | top 42.1% | 24,059 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.24 | 16.88 | top 46.9% | 13,509 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.24 | 8.00 | top 53.3% | 21,772 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 11.31 | 18.54 | top 62.5% | 11,567 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:49.04 | — | top 76.2% | 13,953 / 19,072 |
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
- 23 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Winter 2020.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-30 3×3: 27.18 at Country Roads Martinsburg 2020.
- 9 Nov 2019First competition: TJHSST Fall 2019. A 35.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Country Roads Martinsburg 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Nielsen — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ari Randers-Pehrson — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.