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Taoyu Chen (陈韬聿)

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025CHEN50

Taoyu Chen (陈韬聿) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.41, set at Xianju NxN 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,259th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.76 in March 2025 to 9.41, a 47% improvement. Taoyu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.41
signature single · Xianju NxN 2026
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.4112.57
top 5.9%2,259 / 28,153

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

Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 17.76Xianju NxN 2026: 9.419.4117.7630 Mar 20257 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.