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Shu Chen (陈树)

3×3 · top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015CHES01

Shu Chen (陈树) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.55, set at Changsha Xiangmo 2018, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,528th in China. Across 7 competitions since November 2015, he has put 86 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.08 in November 2015 to 13.55, a 41% improvement. Shu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time
13.55
signature single · Changsha Xiangmo 2018
86
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.5514.60
top 19.4%7,528 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed24.5827.74
top 33.1%3,178 / 5,922
2×26.817.87
top 58.8%9,931 / 15,796
Pyraminx25.11
early days — 2 solves9,787 / 10,224

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

Wuhan University Open 2015: 23.08Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 16.21China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 14.36WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 13.90Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 14.10Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 13.55Wuhan Open 2019: 15.2413.5523.081 Nov 20152 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.