People · Chinese Taipei
Li-Yu Chen (陳力瑀)
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CHEN34
Li-Yu Chen (陳力瑀) has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Hsinchu Summer Open 2024, puts her in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 244th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2022, she has put 107 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 4×4 best has come down from 1:00.49 in May 2022 to 44.21, a 27% improvement. She has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.71 | 12.94 | top 4.2% | 244 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.91 | 21.47 | top 14.8% | 201 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 44.21 | 50.34 | top 17.3% | 376 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 3.82 | 4.82 | top 24.2% | 589 / 1,669 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.71 at Hsinchu Summer Open 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hsinchu Summer Open 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022Six personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 28 May 2022First competition: Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022. A 13.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022 · 28 May 2022
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 her.
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Pei-Ni Chiang (江霈妮) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yun-Kai Yeh (葉昀愷) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
Targets move as she improves.