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Mingke Chen (陈铭珂)

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016CHEN60

Mingke Chen (陈铭珂) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at Fuzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,173rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2016, he has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.28 in June 2016 to 2.41, a 44% improvement. Mingke has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.41
signature single · Fuzhou Open 2017
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.414.14
top 8.0%1,173 / 15,796
Skewb4.458.91
top 14.1%856 / 5,004
3×314.2415.94
top 21.8%8,381 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.4010.04
top 23.0%2,623 / 10,224
4×454.411:11.23
top 30.0%3,066 / 5,926
Megaminx1:43.081:54.82
top 36.5%1,079 / 1,678

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

Fuzhou Open 2016: 4.28Fuzhou Open 2017: 2.41Fuzhou Open 2018: 2.992.414.285 Jun 201624 Nov 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.