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Zhexuan Chen (陈哲轩)

3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CHEZ04

Zhexuan Chen (陈哲轩) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Anyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,958th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2017, he has put 193 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.02 in June 2017 to 9.12, a 35% improvement. Zhexuan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.12
signature single · Anyang Open 2019
193
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.1210.11
top 5.1%1,958 / 28,153
2×22.603.27
top 9.9%1,495 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.615.88
top 10.9%1,293 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed20.0322.34
top 20.5%2,050 / 5,922
4×452.2359.45
top 27.4%2,881 / 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

Beijing Open 2017: 14.02Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 15.10Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 13.59Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 11.21Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 9.33Anyang Open 2019: 9.12Zhengzhou Open 2019: 9.45Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 9.289.1215.1024 Jun 201730 Jun 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.