People · China
Zelin Chen (陈泽霖)
4×4 · top 2.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011CHEN29
Zelin Chen (陈泽霖) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.31, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2011, he has put 261 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.00 in July 2011 to 9.13, a 49% improvement. Zelin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 29.31 | 35.30 | top 2.4% | 231 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 10.98 | top 5.2% | 1,969 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.54 | 16.09 | top 5.3% | 487 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.33 | 1:28.58 | top 20.1% | 952 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 4.21 | 5.17 | top 29.2% | 4,989 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.88 | 14.01 | top 43.8% | 4,672 / 10,224 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Six personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 11 May 2014Seven personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2014.
- 21 Jul 2012First sub-15 3×3: 11.38 at Shanghai Summer 2012.
- 21 Jul 2012Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Summer 2012.
- 16 Jul 2011First competition: Xiamen Open 2011. A 18.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2014 · 11 May 2014 — 7 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2011 · 16 Jul 2011
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zheng Lin (林铮) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Shujie Fang (方述杰) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.31 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.