People · China
Xuan Chen (陈玄)
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015CHEN35
Xuan Chen (陈玄) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at Nanjing Autumn 2017, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 411th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since May 2015, he has put 583 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.69 in May 2015 to 2.95, a 77% improvement. Xuan has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.95 | 3.95 | top 3.5% | 411 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 5.09 | top 16.8% | 2,701 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 14.40 | 17.31 | top 22.4% | 8,561 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 5.91 | 11.34 | top 25.1% | 1,548 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.98 | 2:18.27 | top 51.7% | 1,340 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 18.46 | 21.72 | top 60.1% | 1,365 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.12 | — | top 64.4% | 5,208 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.55 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,572 / 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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at AHAU Open 2019.
- 21 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Huaibei Open 2017.
- 15 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.84 at China Championship 2015.
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 1 May 2015First competition: Nanjing Spring 2015. A 26.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- AHAU Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- You May Open 2018 · 6 May 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Jiaozuo Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Huaibei Open 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Anhui University Smart Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015
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.
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Renxin Tang (汤任欣) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yi Wang (王旖) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.