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Chenyi Ye (叶晨佾)

3×3 · top 2.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018YECH03

Chenyi Ye (叶晨佾) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 847th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since May 2018, he has put 574 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.57 in May 2018 to 7.70, a 54% improvement. Chenyi has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 288,433 all-time
7.70
signature single · Nanchang Summer 2026
574
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.7011.01
top 2.3%847 / 28,499
3×3 one-handed13.9217.40
top 6.0%585 / 5,994
Pyraminx4.185.23
top 8.6%1,051 / 10,269
2×22.514.24
top 9.1%1,353 / 15,939
Square-111.9419.97
top 9.8%151 / 1,373
4×437.9641.44
top 9.8%1,054 / 5,999
Megaminx1:02.191:18.71
top 11.2%311 / 1,693
Skewb4.276.64
top 12.9%791 / 5,030
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves36.33
top 14.8%153 / 1,071
5×51:14.751:23.97
top 15.2%760 / 2,857
Clock8.2710.81
top 16.4%372 / 1,887
7×73:40.893:55.11
top 23.8%485 / 1,274
6×62:38.692:46.52
top 30.1%648 / 1,363
3×3 blindfolded6:21.92—
early days — 1 solve1,136 / 1,184

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

Fujian Championship 2018: 16.57Zhangzhou Open 2018: 17.89Quanzhou Open 2018: 15.79Xiamen Autumn 2019: 17.85Xiamen Winter 2019: 13.42Nanchang Spring 2025: 11.21Taizhou Open 2025: 10.33Quangang Morning 2025: 11.22Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 12.68Nanchang Winter 2025: 10.15Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 10.16Xianju NxN 2026: 9.88Quanzhou Summer 2026: 10.81Zhangzhou Open 2026: 9.79Nanchang Summer 2026: 7.70Fuzhou Summer 2026: 10.767.7017.8912 May 201823 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.