People · China
Runyi Chen (陈润熠)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025CHEN06
Runyi Chen (陈润熠) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.95, set at Head to UBC Morning 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,000th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2025, he has put 231 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.39 in January 2025 to 7.95, a 41% improvement. Runyi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.95 | 9.08 | top 2.7% | 1,000 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.09 | 6.12 | top 4.0% | 484 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 4.32 | top 10.3% | 1,585 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.29 | 27.19 | top 29.6% | 2,915 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 9.31 | 14.14 | top 50.7% | 2,875 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.82 | 1:26.06 | top 59.8% | 5,087 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 19.95 | 20.99 | top 64.5% | 1,462 / 1,887 | |
| Megaminx | 2:51.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,555 / 1,693 | |
| Square-1 | 1:08.41 | 1:38.56 | top 88.3% | 1,327 / 1,373 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Richmond Fall 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Burnaby Summer 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at PR Time in Burnaby 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Maple Ridge Favourites 2025. A 13.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Head to UBC Morning 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Vancouver Mini Afternoon 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PR Time in Burnaby 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
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.
- Isaac Davies — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Heewon Hwang — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.