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Ziao Chen (陈子奥)

3×3 · top 36.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018CHEZ02

Ziao Chen (陈子奥) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.69, set at Shijiazhuang Winter 2018, puts him in the top 36.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,783rd in China. Across 2 competitions since June 2018, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.81 in June 2018 to 18.69, a 33% improvement. Ziao has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 36.2% of 284,439 all-time
18.69
signature single · Shijiazhuang Winter 2018
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.6921.25
top 36.2%12,783 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.7112.75
top 42.3%4,528 / 10,224
2×26.338.47
top 54.3%9,205 / 15,796
4×41:40.11
early days — 2 solves5,404 / 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

Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 27.81Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 18.6918.6927.8110 Jun 201816 Dec 2018

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 3.69 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.