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Ming Chen (陈明)

3×3 one-handed · top 10.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012CHEN04

Ming Chen (陈明) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 16.22, set at Hefei Open 2013, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,049th in China. Across 6 competitions since March 2012, he has put 103 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 23.93 in November 2012 to 16.22, a 32% improvement. Ming has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 10.7% of 73,695 all-time
16.22
signature single · Hefei Open 2013
103
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed16.2219.76
top 10.7%1,049 / 5,922
3×313.8815.15
top 20.5%7,933 / 28,153
2×25.027.33
top 39.6%6,829 / 15,796
Pyraminx11.6516.39
top 65.0%6,582 / 10,224
4×41:45.271:48.42
top 74.0%5,496 / 5,926
Clock24.0032.36
top 74.7%1,579 / 1,843

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 Winter 2012: 23.93Zhejiang University 2013: 19.05Hefei Open 2013: 16.22Hefei Spring 2014: 18.2716.2223.9325 Nov 20121 May 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.