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Zhijin Chen (陈智瑨)

3×3 · top 35.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009CHEN12

Zhijin Chen (陈智瑨) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.40, set at Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011, puts him in the top 35.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,555th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2009, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.53 in April 2009 to 18.40, a 28% improvement. Zhijin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.40
signature single · Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.4025.26
top 35.3%12,555 / 28,153
2×26.8410.03
top 59.1%9,973 / 15,796
4×42:15.432:32.25
top 87.7%5,772 / 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

Qingming Festival Open 2009: 25.53Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 24.80Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011: 18.4018.4025.536 Apr 200924 Dec 2011

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.40 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.