People · China
Xingchen Chen (陈星辰)
Pyraminx · top 3.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023CHEX06
Xingchen Chen (陈星辰) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at Quangang Morning 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 381st in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Xingchen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.86 | 4.33 | top 3.2% | 381 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 8.22 | 10.56 | top 3.2% | 1,209 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 4.36 | top 12.3% | 1,942 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,429 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,712 / 5,994 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 23 Dec 2023First competition: Changsha Open 2023. A 8.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Special 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Quanzhou Summer 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quangang Morning 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023
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.
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenyi Ye (叶晨佾) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.