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Ning Chen (陈宁)

Pyraminx · top 15.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CHEN77

Ning Chen (陈宁) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.42, set at Xi'an New Year 2017, puts her in the top 15.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,867th in China. Across 6 competitions since July 2016, she has put 68 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 37.50 in July 2016 to 23.76, a 37% improvement. Ning has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 15.9% of 129,321 all-time
5.42
signature single · Xi'an New Year 2017
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx5.427.59
top 15.9%1,867 / 10,224
2×25.307.90
top 43.0%7,409 / 15,796
3×323.7626.51
top 49.8%16,034 / 28,153
Skewb16.2118.92
top 81.9%4,154 / 5,004

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

Chongqing Open 2016: 37.50Xi'an Open 2016: 41.88Wuhan Open 2016: 23.76XJTU Open 2016: 24.51Xi'an New Year 2017: 26.54Baoji Open 2018: 33.1723.7641.8816 Jul 201621 Jul 2018

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as she improves.