People · China
Tao Chen (陈涛)
3×3 · top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010CHEN13
Tao Chen (陈涛) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.34, set at Shanghai Port Open 2011, puts him in the top 28.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,682nd in China. Across 15 competitions since February 2010, he has put 176 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.83 in February 2010 to 16.34, a 50% improvement. Tao has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.34 | 19.46 | top 28.9% | 10,682 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.96 | 32.81 | top 34.1% | 3,247 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.72 | 5.99 | top 35.8% | 6,164 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.22 | 1:24.75 | top 46.1% | 4,279 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.96 | 21.31 | top 60.2% | 6,192 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.97 | 3:58.48 | top 61.6% | 1,096 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 774 / 1,058 | |
| Clock | 21.61 | 24.70 | top 69.1% | 1,499 / 1,843 | |
| 5×5 | 2:40.72 | 2:47.87 | top 70.8% | 2,579 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 7:13.15 | 7:24.20 | early days — 3 solves | 1,188 / 1,261 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Nov 2011Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Port Open 2011.
- 3 Oct 2011First sub-20 3×3: 17.46 at Suzhou Open 2011.
- 3 Oct 2011Four personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2011.
- 27 Aug 2011Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Meatball Fall 2011.
- 5 Dec 2010First sub-30 3×3: 26.99 at Nanjing Winter Open 2010.
- 7 Feb 2010First competition: Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010. A 32.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Shanghai Spring 2014 · 2 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013
- Shanghai Maritime Open 2013 · 20 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Summer 2012 · 21 Jul 2012
- Shanghai Donghua 2012 · 7 Apr 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011 · 24 Dec 2011
- Shanghai Port Open 2011 · 26 Nov 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- China FM Shanghai 2011 · 6 Nov 2011
- Suzhou Open 2011 · 3 Oct 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Meatball Fall 2011 · 27 Aug 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2011 · 9 Apr 2011
- Nanjing Winter Open 2010 · 5 Dec 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010
- Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010 · 7 Feb 2010
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.
- Jiajun Li (李嘉俊) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jiawei Shou (寿佳伟) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.