People · Chinese Taipei
Chi-Jen Yin (尹啟任)
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022YINC03
Chi-Jen Yin (尹啟任) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 375th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 168 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.43 in September 2022 to 9.57, a 38% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 11.64 | top 6.3% | 375 / 4,213 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.01 | 4.86 | top 7.7% | 119 / 1,016 | |
| Skewb | 3.59 | 9.27 | top 8.3% | 98 / 699 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 4.16 | top 11.3% | 311 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.35 | 21.91 | top 18.8% | 245 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 57.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 577 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 410 / 639 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024.
- 20 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 10.93 at Yunlin Winter Open 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Maru Cube Day 2022. A 16.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yunlin Winter Open 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.