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Zirui Chen

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023CHEN43

Zirui Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.24, set at Scarborough Fall B 2023, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,054th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, he has put 103 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Zirui has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.24
signature single · Scarborough Fall B 2023
103
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×311.2412.87
top 11.2%1,054 / 10,392
2×24.356.44
top 31.0%2,109 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed34.061:09.99
top 55.5%1,311 / 2,620

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

Pickering D 2023: 11.51Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 12.70Appleby Summer B 2023: 12.26Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023: 12.03Scarborough Fall B 2023: 11.24Greater Toronto 2024: 12.39Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 11.9411.2412.7026 Mar 202330 Nov 2024

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

The story so far

  • 26 Mar 2023First competition: Pickering D 2023. A 12.52 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 1.24 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.