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Nan Chen (陈楠)

3×3 · top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017CHNA02

Nan Chen (陈楠) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.39, set at Fuzhou Spring 2019, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,996th in China. Across 2 competitions since October 2017, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. Nan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.39
signature single · Fuzhou Spring 2019
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.3914.19
top 15.2%5,996 / 28,153
2×23.525.50
top 20.5%3,354 / 15,796
4×455.1658.64
top 30.9%3,132 / 5,926
Skewb7.6211.19
top 38.4%2,291 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed27.6531.44
top 41.0%3,756 / 5,922

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

Xiamen Autumn 2017: 12.88Fuzhou Spring 2019: 12.3912.3912.8815 Oct 201724 Mar 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.