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Xumin Chen (陈旭敏)

3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CHEN67

Xumin Chen (陈旭敏) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.67, set at Xiamen Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,704th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2017, he has put 75 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.10 in May 2017 to 10.67, a 12% improvement. Xumin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time
10.67
signature single · Xiamen Open 2019
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.6712.58
top 9.5%3,704 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.1924.55
top 23.8%2,352 / 5,922
4×41:00.661:08.52
top 37.2%3,649 / 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

Xiamen Open 2017: 12.10Quanzhou Open 2017: 12.00Longyan Summer Open 2017: 10.88Xiamen Open 2019: 10.6710.6712.1014 May 20174 May 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 14 May 2017First competition: Xiamen Open 2017. A 12.10 3×3 single to start from.

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 0.67 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.