People · Canada
Simon Chen
2×2 · top 23.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011CHEN14
Simon Chen has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.75, set at Big Cubes BC 2011, puts him in the top 23.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,557th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since March 2011, he has put 73 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Simon has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.75 | 5.73 | top 23.3% | 1,557 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 16.16 | 22.00 | top 28.3% | 2,740 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.02 | — | top 77.6% | 1,898 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.44 | — | top 80.5% | 2,424 / 3,118 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Dec 2011First sub-20 3×3: 19.50 at Vancouver Winter 2011.
- 27 Aug 2011Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Summer 2011.
- 19 Mar 2011First competition: Big Cubes BC 2011. A 29.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vancouver Open Summer 2012 · 11 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Winter 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Summer 2011 · 27 Aug 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cubes BC 2011 · 19 Mar 2011
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.
- Alex VanderGriend — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ibrahim Vajgel-Shedid — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- David Adams — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.