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Oliver Chen

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022CHEN09

Oliver Chen has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at Empire State Fall Favorites 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,805th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2022, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.91 in January 2022 to 9.81, a 10% improvement. Oliver has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.81
signature single · Empire State Fall Favorites 2023
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8111.37
top 6.9%3,805 / 59,724
4×439.9546.94
top 12.1%1,792 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.5529.36
top 33.0%4,319 / 15,683

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

Empire State Winter A 2022: 10.91Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 9.819.8110.9115 Jan 202214 Oct 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.