People · China
Nuo Chen (陈诺)
Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017CHNU02
Nuo Chen (陈诺) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Chengdu Summer 2024, puts her in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 351st in China. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since July 2017, she has put 585 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.43 in July 2017 to 9.40, a 56% improvement. Nuo has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.80 | 3.82 | top 3.0% | 351 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.40 | 11.86 | top 5.8% | 2,251 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 5.56 | 6.56 | top 5.9% | 113 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.47 | top 8.6% | 1,267 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.45 | 7.10 | top 14.1% | 856 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.55 | 1:18.23 | top 16.6% | 499 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 45.70 | 51.89 | top 19.2% | 2,083 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.37 | 1:47.33 | top 27.6% | 1,271 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.27 | 29.45 | top 29.5% | 2,862 / 5,922 | |
| Square-1 | 20.94 | 26.76 | top 30.1% | 511 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 774 / 1,058 | |
| 6×6 | 4:38.25 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,245 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 7:20.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,192 / 1,261 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Zamiin-Uud Open 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Hanoi Summer 2023.
- 14 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Six personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Cube Day 2023.
Competitions
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Suncheon Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
- Zamiin-Uud Open 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hanoi Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Good Morning 2020 · 13 Dec 2020
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2018 · 16 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Zhangzhou Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Side Event 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
- Longyan Summer Open 2017 · 9 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017
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.
- Daryl Tan Hong An — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yutong Wang (汪宇桐) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as she improves.