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Yajie Chen (陈亚杰)

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018CHEN73

Yajie Chen (陈亚杰) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.23, set at Nanjing Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,395th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 84 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.71 in April 2018 to 11.23, a 12% improvement. Yajie has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.23
signature single · Nanjing Autumn 2019
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.2311.60
top 11.2%4,395 / 28,153
2×23.794.42
top 23.8%3,962 / 15,796
4×450.1654.70
top 24.9%2,647 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.2610.82
top 47.1%4,982 / 10,224

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

Nanjing Spring 2018: 12.71Nanjing Autumn 2018: 11.33Nanjing Autumn 2019: 11.23Beijing Winter 2025: 12.0411.2312.7130 Apr 20184 Jan 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.