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Qi Chen (陈奇)

3×3 · top 50.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014CHEN24

Qi Chen (陈奇) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.96, set at Taiwan Championship 2017, puts him in the top 50.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,159th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2014, he has put 33 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.81 in July 2014 to 23.96, a 37% improvement. Qi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.3% of 284,439 all-time
23.96
signature single · Taiwan Championship 2017
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×323.9625.77
top 50.3%16,159 / 28,153
2×26.9311.28
top 59.8%10,070 / 15,796

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

Nantong Open 2014: 37.81Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 25.89Nanjing Spring 2017: 24.51China Championship 2017: 24.98Taiwan Championship 2017: 23.9623.9637.8119 Jul 20148 Dec 2017

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.96 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.