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Xinyu Chen (陈鑫雨)

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012CHEN26

Xinyu Chen (陈鑫雨) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Xi'an New Year 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,313th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since August 2012, he has put 426 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.15 in August 2012 to 8.38, a 69% improvement. Xinyu has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.38
signature single · Xi'an New Year 2025
426
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.3811.51
top 3.5%1,313 / 28,153
Skewb3.606.19
top 8.3%473 / 5,004
4×441.9344.60
top 14.4%1,560 / 5,926
Clock10.7613.59
top 28.9%675 / 1,843
5×51:35.391:39.83
top 31.8%1,440 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed25.4439.81
top 35.4%3,350 / 5,922
2×24.926.34
top 38.3%6,611 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 1 solve981 / 1,058

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

Hefei Summer 2012: 27.15Hefei Open 2013: 23.67Hefei Open 2015: 18.75Hefei Open 2016: 25.33Zhenjiang Open 2017: 20.43Hangzhou Spring 2018: 18.26You May Open 2018: 15.97Hefei Summer 2018: 16.37China Championship 2018: 13.05Wuhu Open 2018: 14.78Hefei Spring 2019: 12.74Wuhu Open 2019: 12.92China Championship 2019: 13.08Beijing Winter 2019: 12.21Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.96Hefei Winter Open 2023: 12.36Changsha Open 2023: 13.06Fushun Open 2024: 12.84Huzhou Open 2024: 12.73Kunshan Open 2024: 12.92Tianjin Open 2024: 12.32Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 12.77Hangzhou Open 2024: 11.30Yancheng Open 2024: 11.38Xi'an New Year 2025: 8.38Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 10.23Lishui Open 2025: 11.04Yancheng Open 2025: 9.80Zhuhai Open 2025: 10.46Taizhou Open 2025: 12.93Zibo Open 2025: 10.64Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 10.96Hefei Open 2025: 10.47Xuzhou Open 2025: 9.65Hangzhou Winter 2025: 11.62Xianju Special 2026: 10.68Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026: 11.31Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026: 12.15Hefei Cubing League 3x3 III 2026: 10.05Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026: 12.168.3827.155 Aug 20121 Jul 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 0.38 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.