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Christopher Yen

3×3 · top 0.075% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016YENC01

Christopher Yen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.75, set at Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022, puts him in the top 0.075% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 71 competitions since January 2016, he has put 2,670 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.93 in January 2016 to 4.75, a 70% improvement. Christopher has entered 71 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.075% of 284,439 all-time
4.75
signature single · Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022
2,670
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.756.21
top 0.075%47 / 59,724
4×422.3926.90
top 0.24%43 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed8.9111.81
top 0.47%69 / 15,683
5×543.6458.13
top 0.51%39 / 9,401
2×21.042.11
top 0.64%266 / 40,951
Square-16.198.40
top 0.9%75 / 6,743
Skewb4.067.31
top 11.3%1,740 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.00
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
6×62:05.052:13.14
top 13.3%484 / 4,196
7×73:47.353:58.40
top 26.2%733 / 3,184
Pyraminx10.8914.85
top 59.7%17,540 / 28,708

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 15.93Berkeley Winter 2016: 13.60Berkeley Spring 2016: 9.37Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 9.95Berkeley Summer 2016: 8.40Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 7.74Berkeley Fall 2016: 7.87Armin Open 2017: 7.43Berkeley Winter 2017: 7.43MVCS Spring 2017: 6.87SacCubing I 2017: 7.69Berkeley Spring 2017: 7.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 7.566.25 Bay Area 2017: 6.09CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 7.50San Ramon 2017: 6.64SacCubing II 2017: 7.71Fresno Fall 2017: 6.90Berkeley Summer 2017: 7.52San Ramon Cubed 2017: 5.79Berkeley Fall 2017: 7.09Berkeley Winter 2018: 6.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 6.21Berkeley Spring 2018: 6.71SacCubing IV 2018: 6.32CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 7.25West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 6.40West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 6.64CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 5.13SacCubing V 2018: 5.70Berkeley Summer 2018: 6.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 6.34SacCubing VI 2019: 6.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 6.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 5.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 6.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 7.30SacCubing VII 2019: 6.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 6.62CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 5.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 6.35CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 6.64SacCubing VIII 2019: 6.46Berkeley Summer 2019: 4.94Berkeley Fall 2019: 6.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 5.69Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 6.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 6.31SacCubing IX 2020: 6.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 6.26Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 4.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 6.02Berkeley Summer 2022: 5.46Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 5.43SacCubing XII 2022: 6.38Amherst Open 2022: 6.52Loon Cubikon 2022: 5.71SacCubing XIII 2023: 6.16Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 5.36Cubing in Cambridge 2023: 4.96CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 6.31Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 4.99CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 4.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 5.33Berkeley Summer 2024: 5.60Berkeley Fall 2025: 5.42Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 4.80Belmont Spring 2026: 5.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 5.444.7515.933 Jan 201629 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.