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Song'en Chen (陈颂恩)

3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013CHEN42

Song'en Chen (陈颂恩) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.24, set at Cube of Prime Numbers 2015, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,787th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2013, he has put 86 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.97 in July 2013 to 12.24, a 28% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.24
signature single · Cube of Prime Numbers 2015
86
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.2416.52
top 14.7%5,787 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed18.7222.40
top 17.0%1,684 / 5,922
4×455.221:06.76
top 31.0%3,140 / 5,926
2×25.066.82
top 40.1%6,923 / 15,796
Skewb8.9614.92
top 48.1%2,758 / 5,004
5×52:02.472:28.23
top 50.8%2,115 / 2,816

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

Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 16.97Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 15.31Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 15.96Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 12.24Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 17.7812.2417.7822 Jul 20136 Jun 2015

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 0.24 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.