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Shang Chen (陈上)

2×2 · top 40.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018CHES14

Shang Chen (陈上) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.05, set at Wuhan Open 2019, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,895th in China. Across 4 competitions since October 2018, he has put 59 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.61 in October 2018 to 23.09, a 33% improvement. Shang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 40.0% of 186,767 all-time
5.05
signature single · Wuhan Open 2019
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×25.058.38
top 40.0%6,895 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.5212.33
top 40.7%4,381 / 10,224
3×323.0924.73
top 48.1%15,673 / 28,153
Skewb10.6511.94
top 58.9%3,235 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded4:26.354:34.10
top 73.8%1,008 / 1,183
Square-157.91
early days — 2 solves1,267 / 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

WIT Open 2018: 34.61Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019: 24.48Changsha Spring Open 2019: 23.69Wuhan Open 2019: 23.0923.0934.6121 Oct 20182 May 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.