People · China
Xingyu Chen (陈星宇)
3×3 · top 0.69% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023CHEN35
Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.31, set at Brookhaven Summer 2025, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 258th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2023, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.92 in March 2023 to 6.31, a 29% improvement. Xingyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 6.31 | 8.14 | top 0.69% | 258 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.55 | 6.53 | top 20.8% | 3,416 / 15,796 |
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
- 10 Mar 2023First competition: Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023. A 8.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brookhaven Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 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.
- Anyu Zhang (张安宇) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ahmad Kamil Ihsan Bin Ikhwan — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.