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Rick Xiao Chen (陈宵)
3×3 · top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023CHER12
Rick Xiao Chen (陈宵) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.27, set at Minnesota Championship 2025, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,925th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2023, he has put 67 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.18 in November 2023 to 3.46, a 17% improvement. Rick has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.27 | 13.99 | top 14.8% | 7,925 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 5.55 | top 19.7% | 7,726 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.92 | 10.19 | top 44.1% | 12,654 / 28,708 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Meetup III Tuesday 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Chongqing Open 2023. A 14.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Meetup III Tuesday 2024 · 2 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
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.
- Eli Sanderson — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nathan Rahn — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brendan Butler — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.