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Xingyu Chen (陈星宇)

4×4 · top 1.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012CHEN54

Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.85, set at Zhanjiang Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 127th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since December 2012, he has put 2,036 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.02 in December 2012 to 7.11, a 35% improvement. Xingyu has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.3% of 83,917 all-time
26.85
signature single · Zhanjiang Open 2019
2,036
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×426.8534.02
top 1.3%127 / 5,926
3×37.118.86
top 1.5%516 / 28,153
2×21.653.67
top 2.8%344 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed12.5318.19
top 3.7%325 / 5,922
5×557.601:02.92
top 4.4%212 / 2,816
Pyraminx3.326.88
top 4.8%570 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves36.33
top 6.2%60 / 1,058
6×62:00.002:10.25
top 11.0%232 / 1,349
7×73:18.283:34.46
top 15.7%324 / 1,261
Clock13.8515.86
top 43.2%1,022 / 1,843
Skewb10.7513.97
top 59.4%3,259 / 5,004

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

Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012: 11.02Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 11.34Guangdong Open 2013: 10.11Guangzhou Small Cubes 2014: 10.49Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 8.55Huizhou Open 2014: 11.15Guangdong Open 2014: 10.34Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 10.58Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 10.45Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 10.17Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 9.34Yangjiang Open 2015: 8.88Huizhou Open 2015: 9.94China Championship 2015: 9.70Nanchang Winter 2015: 9.26Huizhou Open 2016: 8.60Nanchang Open 2016: 9.39Dongguan Open 2017: 9.89GDSY Open 2017: 8.16Nanning Open 2017: 10.15Maoming Open 2017: 9.01Coconut Island Open 2017: 8.47Zhanjiang Open 2017: 8.77Zhongshan Open 2017: 7.77Yangjiang Open 2018: 8.34Guilin Open 2018: 9.24Huizhou Open 2018: 8.49Nanning Open 2018: 8.71Meizhou Open 2018: 7.99Zhanjiang Open 2018: 8.30Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 8.03Maoming Open 2018: 8.99Changsha Spring Open 2019: 7.85Hengyang Open 2019: 7.11Maoming Open 2019: 8.52Zhanjiang Open 2019: 7.62Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 8.74Guangdong Open 2021: 8.56Shenzhen Open 2023: 9.45Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 9.91Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 8.19Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 8.41Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 7.28Foshan Open 2026: 8.68Zhanjiang Open 2026: 8.23Xi'an Open 2026: 9.01Nanning Open 2026: 8.627.1111.349 Dec 201223 Aug 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.