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Qian Chen (陈麒安)

3×3 · top 83.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016CHEQ02

Qian Chen (陈麒安) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 46.12, set at Zhangzhou Spring 2017, puts him in the top 83.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,699th in China. Across 2 competitions since December 2016, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.01 in December 2016 to 46.12, a 23% improvement. Qian has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 83.0% of 284,439 all-time
46.12
signature single · Zhangzhou Spring 2017
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×346.1255.63
top 83.0%23,699 / 28,153
2×211.6515.06
top 83.4%13,356 / 15,796
Pyraminx19.0724.21
top 91.6%9,086 / 10,224

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

Quanzhou Open 2016: 1:00.01Zhangzhou Spring 2017: 46.1246.121:00.0118 Dec 20169 Apr 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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 6.12 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.