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Xu Chen (陈旭)

3×3 · top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019CHEN27

Xu Chen (陈旭) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.80, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 39.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,577th in China. Across 4 competitions since March 2019, he has put 36 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.39 in March 2019 to 19.80, a 22% improvement. Xu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time
19.80
signature single · China Championship 2019
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.8022.26
top 39.4%13,577 / 28,153
2×26.137.96
top 52.2%8,883 / 15,796

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

Xianyang Open 2019: 25.39Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 19.84China Championship 2019: 19.80Xi'an New Year 2020: 20.6019.8025.393 Mar 20191 Jan 2020

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 4.80 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.