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Xinpeng Chen (陈鑫朋)

3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017CHEN35

Xinpeng Chen (陈鑫朋) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.59, set at Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,610th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2017, he has put 61 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.50 in April 2017 to 10.59, a 39% improvement. Xinpeng has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.59
signature single · Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.5912.87
top 9.2%3,610 / 28,153
2×23.173.93
top 16.3%2,609 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed19.9923.06
top 20.4%2,037 / 5,922

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

Nanchang Spring 2017: 17.50China Championship 2017: 16.94Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 10.59China Championship 2019: 11.1610.5917.5015 Apr 201726 Jul 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.