People · China
Tian Chen (陈天)
3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016CHEN02
Tian Chen (陈天) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.65, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 817th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2016, he has put 394 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.24 in January 2016 to 7.65, a 25% improvement. Tian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.65 | 11.13 | top 2.2% | 817 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 29.43 | 34.93 | top 2.5% | 251 / 5,999 | |
| Square-1 | 9.57 | 12.77 | top 5.4% | 68 / 1,373 | |
| Megaminx | 54.63 | 1:01.19 | top 7.3% | 180 / 1,693 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 7.60 | top 7.5% | 902 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.14 | 17.21 | top 8.4% | 827 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 7.27 | 8.75 | top 11.9% | 269 / 1,887 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.70 | 1:17.13 | top 12.2% | 613 / 2,857 | |
| 7×7 | 3:08.26 | 3:28.72 | top 12.8% | 263 / 1,274 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.31 | top 18.2% | 3,001 / 15,939 | |
| 6×6 | 2:33.41 | 2:35.99 | top 27.4% | 600 / 1,363 | |
| Skewb | 6.52 | 7.18 | top 30.0% | 1,863 / 5,030 |
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
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 16 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019.
- 6 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 7.65 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Six personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017Eight personal bests in one day at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 20 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Shantou Open 2017.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen New Year 2017 · 1 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Chan Tak Chuen (陳德泉) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.