People · United States
William Chen
3×3 · top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2008 · 2008CHEN04
William Chen has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.19, set at MIT Spring 2011, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,460th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since July 2008, he has put 119 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.79 in July 2008 to 17.19, a 55% improvement. William has entered 14 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.19 | 22.64 | top 31.6% | 17,460 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.47 | 7.37 | top 45.0% | 18,153 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.91 | 18.73 | top 52.3% | 15,236 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.19 | 1:06.34 | top 76.9% | 11,225 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:10.66 | — | top 86.0% | 16,247 / 19,072 |
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
- 5 Mar 2011Four personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2011.
- 23 May 2010First sub-20 3×3: 19.06 at Stanford Spring 2010.
- 18 Jan 2009First sub-30 3×3: 24.01 at San Francisco Open 2009.
- 12 Jul 2008First competition: UCSD Summer competition 2008. A 37.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015
- Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013 · 24 Aug 2013
- Berkeley Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- Stanford Spring 2011 · 22 May 2011
- MIT Spring 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010
- Harvard Fall 2010 · 2 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes Competition 2010 · 11 Jul 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Stanford Spring 2010 · 23 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer competition 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2009 · 14 Feb 2009 — 1 personal best set
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer competition 2008 · 12 Jul 2008
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.
- Bob Burton — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Edward Lin — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tim Reynolds — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.