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Chen Yang (杨宸)

3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018YANG05

Chen Yang (杨宸) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.55, set at Weihai Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,413th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2018, he has put 86 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.18 in January 2018 to 9.55, a 41% improvement. Chen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.55
signature single · Weihai Open 2019
86
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.5513.77
top 6.2%2,413 / 28,153
4×438.9049.35
top 10.8%1,149 / 5,926
7×73:08.593:25.42
top 12.9%258 / 1,261
5×51:14.261:20.35
top 14.7%718 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed18.9324.34
top 17.6%1,744 / 5,922
6×62:23.122:29.66
early days — 3 solves489 / 1,349
2×23.855.25
top 24.6%4,130 / 15,796

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

Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 16.18Kunshan Open 2018: 13.24Weihai Open 2019: 9.55Kunshan Morning 2021: 12.749.5516.181 Jan 20182 May 2021

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 1.55 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.