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People → Hong Kong, China → Payton Chan

People · Hong Kong, China

Payton Chan

3×3 · top 17.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CHAN76

Payton Chan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.13, set at Essex Spring 2023, puts him in the top 17.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 388th in Hong Kong, China. Across 3 competitions since October 2022, he has put 96 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.42 in October 2022 to 13.13, a 20% improvement. Payton has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.13
signature single · Essex Spring 2023
96
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×313.1317.98
top 17.9%388 / 1,347
2×23.316.06
top 17.9%211 / 855
3×3 one-handed21.9131.93
top 25.8%152 / 361
Skewb8.6711.16
top 46.2%174 / 285
5×52:22.42
top 62.2%155 / 192
Square-141.63
early days — 2 solves101 / 126
Clock28.26
early days — 2 solves151 / 156
Pyraminx22.3224.53
top 95.2%424 / 431

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

Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 16.42Essex Spring 2023: 13.13Harrow Autumn 2023: 17.7013.1317.7028 Oct 20222 Sep 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.

  • Sam Shaw — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Harry Owen — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Anqi Yu — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.