People · Chinese Taipei
Yan-Jing Chen (陳彥憬)
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018CHEN23
Yan-Jing Chen (陳彥憬) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Chiayi Open 2022, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 581st in Chinese Taipei. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2018, he has put 152 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.79 in March 2018 to 10.72, a 46% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 13.10 | top 9.6% | 581 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 4.09 | 4.93 | top 27.6% | 669 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.53 | — | top 40.2% | 660 / 1,078 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.35 | 12.54 | top 47.8% | 608 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.11 | 42.40 | top 61.0% | 667 / 802 | |
| Skewb | 14.10 | 18.76 | top 75.1% | 595 / 699 | |
| 5×5 | 3:04.92 | — | top 79.6% | 577 / 639 |
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
- 23 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Chiayi Open 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Zhuyuangang Open 2020.
- 16 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019.
- 15 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.94 at Dream One Cube Open 2019.
- 11 Mar 2018First competition: Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018. A 19.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
- Pingtung Summer Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chiayi Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhuyuangang Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dream One Cube Open 2019 · 15 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018 · 11 Mar 2018
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.
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.