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Nico Chen

3×3 · top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019CHEN96

Nico Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.19, set at London Open 2019, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,003rd in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since May 2019, he has put 48 official solves on the record across five events. Nico has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time
12.19
signature single · London Open 2019
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×312.1914.25
top 14.6%1,003 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed21.2824.60
top 24.0%447 / 1,851
4×454.011:03.42
top 29.6%653 / 2,071
2×24.695.71
top 35.4%1,874 / 4,895
5×52:06.06
early days — 2 solves652 / 1,151

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

London Open 2019: 12.19Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 13.9012.1913.9011 May 201931 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 11 May 2019First competition: London Open 2019. A 14.10 3×3 single to start from.

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 0.19 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.