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Rui Chen

3×3 · top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013CHEN90

Rui Chen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.05, set at Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,544th in China. Across 2 competitions since November 2013, he has put 60 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.65 in November 2013 to 12.05, a 35% improvement. Rui has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.05
signature single · Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.0513.59
top 14.1%5,544 / 28,153
2×23.836.19
top 24.3%4,070 / 15,796
Skewb5.939.22
top 25.2%1,555 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed25.7232.04
top 36.1%3,405 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.4316.12
top 48.4%5,115 / 10,224
4×41:17.581:27.83
top 53.9%4,729 / 5,926

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

Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 18.65Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014: 12.0512.0518.6516 Nov 20132 Aug 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.