People · China
Rui Chen (陈睿)
2×2 · top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014CHEN52
Rui Chen (陈睿) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Xi'an Open 2015, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 959th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2014, he has put 378 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.75 in November 2014 to 11.09, a 25% improvement. Rui has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.04 | top 6.8% | 959 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.19 | 9.67 | top 8.6% | 1,039 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.09 | 12.72 | top 10.8% | 4,202 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.13 | 6.30 | top 11.8% | 700 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 51.74 | 55.03 | top 26.8% | 2,832 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.70 | 24.08 | top 27.9% | 2,738 / 5,922 | |
| Square-1 | 28.22 | 43.85 | top 46.1% | 789 / 1,362 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Jan 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2017.
- 29 Nov 2015Six personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2015.
- 8 Nov 2014First competition: Yangling Open 2014. A 17.14 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Nov 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at Yangling Open 2014.
Competitions
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
- Xi'an New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2015 · 17 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014
- Yangling Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.