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Xuan Chen (陈萱)

3×3 · top 38.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012CHEN17

Xuan Chen (陈萱) has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.65, set at Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012, puts her in the top 38.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,481st in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2012, she has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 1:09.08 in May 2012 to 47.18, a 32% improvement. Xuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.9% of 284,439 all-time
19.65
signature single · Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.6524.87
top 38.9%13,481 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed47.1856.91
top 74.0%5,496 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded9:08.44
early days — 1 solve1,177 / 1,183

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

Guangzhou SCAU 2012: 1:09.08Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012: 47.18San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 56.4147.181:09.0827 May 201223 May 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.65 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 7.18 away.

Targets move as she improves.