People · China
Fan Chen (陈帆)
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018CHEF01
Fan Chen (陈帆) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.60, set at Zibo Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 308th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2018, he has put 47 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.25 in June 2018 to 1.60, a 70% improvement. Fan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.60 | 2.31 | top 2.6% | 308 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.69 | 11.29 | top 6.6% | 2,563 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.52 | 6.86 | top 14.6% | 896 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.48 | 22.09 | top 21.8% | 2,166 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.99 | 9.66 | top 36.1% | 3,930 / 10,224 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Jun 2018First competition: SJTU Open 2018.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
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.
- Haoran Jing (荆浩然) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Qiyu Zhang (张淇奥) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.