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Qichao Chen (陈其超)

3×3 · top 36.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010CHEN18

Qichao Chen (陈其超) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.75, set at Nanjing Winter Open 2010, puts him in the top 36.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,835th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2010, he has put 77 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.66 in April 2010 to 18.75, a 21% improvement. Qichao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.4% of 284,439 all-time
18.75
signature single · Nanjing Winter Open 2010
77
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.7520.03
top 36.4%12,835 / 28,153
2×25.787.51
top 48.5%8,300 / 15,796
4×41:17.591:42.54
top 53.9%4,730 / 5,926
Pyraminx11.5221.09
top 64.1%6,510 / 10,224
5×53:06.433:16.23
top 80.1%2,682 / 2,816

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

Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 23.66Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 18.75Hefei After Term Open 2011: 18.88Shanghai Donghua 2012: 21.3418.7523.6625 Apr 20107 Apr 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.75 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.