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Ximing Chen (陈玺鸣)

3×3 · top 37.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016CHEN22

Ximing Chen (陈玺鸣) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.14, set at Shenyang Open 2018, puts him in the top 37.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,108th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2016, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.46 in April 2016 to 19.14, a 22% improvement. Ximing has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.5% of 284,439 all-time
19.14
signature single · Shenyang Open 2018
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.1420.21
top 37.5%13,108 / 28,153
2×24.935.80
top 38.4%6,639 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.3113.10
top 38.9%4,209 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed40.33
early days — 2 solves5,155 / 5,922
4×41:43.39
early days — 2 solves5,470 / 5,926

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

Shenyang Open 2016: 24.46Shenyang Winter 2016: 22.11Shenyang Open 2018: 19.1419.1424.4623 Apr 201623 Jun 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.14 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.