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Chen Chen (陈晨)

4×4 · top 0.052% of 85,040 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017CHEN24

Chen Chen (陈晨) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 19.94, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026, puts him in the top 0.052% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in China. Until June 2017, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since March 2017, he has put 860 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 4×4 best has come down from 41.06 in May 2017 to 19.94, a 51% improvement. Chen has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.052% of 85,040 all-time
19.94
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026
860
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×419.9423.58
top 0.052%10 / 5,999
5×539.6444.15
top 0.14%8 / 2,857
3×35.767.50
top 0.36%144 / 28,499
2×20.991.62
top 0.54%55 / 15,939
6×61:20.421:22.98
top 0.65%11 / 1,363
7×72:07.942:15.72
top 1.1%20 / 1,274
Skewb3.775.37
top 9.4%554 / 5,030
Pyraminx4.496.27
top 10.2%1,232 / 10,269

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

Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 41.06Shanghai Winter 2018: 44.11Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 42.16SJTU Open 2018: 39.33Xi'an Open 2024: 28.40Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 24.12Zhengzhou Open 2024: 25.17Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 23.01Deqing Spring 2025: 24.66Lishui Open 2025: 21.54Taizhou Open 2025: 22.52Zhengzhou Summer I 2025: 23.95Quangang Afternoon 2025: 23.98Beijing University Cube League 2025: 23.21Xi'an Autumn 2025: 22.64Xuzhou Open 2025: 21.55Nanchang Winter 2025: 19.99Zhengzhou Zeal 2025: 22.63Beijing Winter 2026: 22.61Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 21.74Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026: 21.53Xianju NxN 2026: 21.66Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 21.91Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 19.94Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 22.16Deqing Big & Blind 2026: 22.60Liuzhou Open 2026: 21.79Huanggang Open 2026: 22.27Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026: 21.68Zhangzhou Open 2026: 22.16Nanchang Summer 2026: 23.25Xi'an Summer 2026: 21.86Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 21.5719.9444.1120 May 20171 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 4×4. 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-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 9.64 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.