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Ryan Chen

3×3 · top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018CHER29

Ryan Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.52, set at Berkeley Summer 2019, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,581st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2018, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.06 in November 2018 to 11.52, a 45% improvement. Ryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.52
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2019
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.5213.76
top 12.2%6,581 / 59,724
Skewb6.9211.59
top 33.0%5,538 / 18,907
2×24.946.50
top 38.6%15,463 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed37.5141.00
top 61.6%8,687 / 15,683
4×41:51.62
early days — 3 solves14,291 / 19,072

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

Berkeley Fall 2018: 21.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 16.76Berkeley Summer 2019: 11.5211.5221.0617 Nov 201821 Sep 2019

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 1.52 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.