People · Chinese Taipei
Yan-Rui Chen (陳彥叡)
2×2 · top 0.92% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CHEN82
Yan-Rui Chen (陳彥叡) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.16, set at Taiwan Championship 2017, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2016, he has put 242 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.51 in July 2016 to 9.17, a 27% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.16 | 4.54 | top 0.92% | 20 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 9.17 | 10.98 | top 5.3% | 316 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 36.31 | 40.67 | top 8.0% | 196 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.03 | 1:16.83 | top 10.9% | 165 / 639 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.50 | 19.32 | top 13.8% | 190 / 802 | |
| 7×7 | 3:13.25 | 3:22.09 | top 14.3% | 73 / 252 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.29 | 1:22.58 | top 14.6% | 84 / 362 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.00 | 2:38.69 | top 25.1% | 128 / 292 |
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
- 13 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2019.
- 8 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Taiwan Championship 2017.
- 8 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2017.
- 24 Jul 2016First competition: Happy Cubing Taiwan 2016. A 12.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing Taiwan 2016 · 24 Jul 2016
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Shih-Hao Wang (王士豪) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.