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Stephanie Chow

3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007CHOW01

Stephanie Chow has been competing for 19 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.61, set at Berkeley Summer 2010, puts her in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,739th in the United States. Across 26 competitions since November 2007, she has put 555 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.30 in November 2007 to 11.61, a 62% improvement. Stephanie has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.61
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2010
555
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.6116.95
top 12.5%6,739 / 59,724
Square-119.4024.12
top 26.5%1,742 / 6,743
Pyraminx7.5611.62
top 32.6%9,131 / 28,708
2×24.717.61
top 35.6%14,236 / 40,951
4×41:03.841:13.05
top 40.5%6,594 / 19,072
5×52:23.162:33.75
top 62.6%5,410 / 9,401
7×77:09.887:39.33
top 81.8%2,584 / 3,184
6×65:24.68—
early days — 2 solves3,509 / 4,196
Megaminx4:30.915:39.45
top 94.0%7,540 / 7,841

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 competition 2007: 30.30UCSD competition 2008: 24.44EPGY California Open 2008: 25.36Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 17.81Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 20.50UCSD Summer competition 2008: 18.94US Nationals and Open 2008: 18.66Berkeley Fall 2008: 17.58Caltech Fall 2008: 17.74San Francisco Open 2009: 18.56EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 19.68Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 18.47Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 15.86US Nationals 2009: 15.43Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 15.53Stanford Fall competition 2009: 18.50Berkeley Winter 2010: 17.13Reno Lake Tahoe Winter 2010: 16.33Berkeley Spring 2010: 13.84Berkeley Summer 2010: 11.61United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 17.19Berkeley Fall 2010: 13.65Berkeley Winter 2011: 16.15Vidar Open 2011: 16.84Levittown Open 2012: 16.94Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013: 18.7611.6130.3017 Nov 200723 Nov 2013

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 her.

  • Dan Dzoan — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Lucas Garron — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
  • Edward Lin — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 9 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 4.40 away.

Targets move as she improves.