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Qingchen Yuan (袁庆晨)

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013YUAN01

Qingchen Yuan (袁庆晨) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.23, set at Nanjing Spring 2014, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,395th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2013, he has put 51 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.15 in April 2013 to 11.23, a 47% improvement. Qingchen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.23
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2014
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.2316.34
top 11.2%4,395 / 28,153
2×23.117.20
top 15.5%2,475 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed24.5930.37
top 33.1%3,181 / 5,922
4×41:11.05
early days — 2 solves4,390 / 5,926
Megaminx2:45.433:28.84
top 68.3%1,521 / 1,678
7×76:12.17
early days — 2 solves1,101 / 1,261
5×53:07.743:36.09
top 80.5%2,685 / 2,816
6×66:22.446:49.16
early days — 3 solves1,339 / 1,349

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 Normal University 2013: 21.15NUAA Open 2013: 18.87Nanjing Spring 2014: 11.23Suzhou Open 2014: 13.8211.2321.156 Apr 201312 Jul 2014

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.