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Yanchen Long (龙彦辰)

Skewb · top 0.68% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LONG08

Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Zhanjiang Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in China. Until September 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since August 2018, he has put 1,494 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.91 in August 2018 to 1.75, an 84% improvement. Yanchen has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.68% of 73,281 all-time
1.67
signature single · Zhanjiang Open 2026
1,494
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb1.673.91
top 0.68%33 / 5,004
Pyraminx1.753.29
top 0.75%85 / 10,224
Clock3.744.45
top 1.9%25 / 1,843
2×21.453.52
top 1.9%221 / 15,796
Square-17.4211.52
top 2.3%31 / 1,362
3×38.2310.23
top 3.2%1,187 / 28,153
Megaminx49.9956.19
top 5.1%113 / 1,678
4×437.1441.51
top 8.8%918 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed17.2520.87
top 13.2%1,315 / 5,922
5×51:12.701:23.60
top 13.6%667 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded1:23.752:04.05
top 20.9%286 / 1,183
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 8 cubes · 53:37—
early days — 1 solve129 / 278
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves44.33
top 48.3%560 / 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

Meizhou Open 2018: 10.91Luoyang Spring 2024: 7.46Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 4.32Kunshan Open 2024: 6.10Zibo Open 2024: 10.12Guiyang Open 2024: 5.55Guangzhou Special 2024: 5.71Chengdu Summer 2024: 3.92Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 3.62Xi'an New Year 2025: 3.08Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 3.70Luoyang Spring 2025: 3.38Nanchang Spring 2025: 3.27Yunnan Open 2025: 3.35Xi'an Summer 2025: 3.53Taizhou Open 2025: 3.39Cube Camp in Suan Phueng 2025: 3.94Zhengzhou Summer IV 2025: 3.22Hanoi Summer 2025: 1.75Guangzhou Special 2025: 2.39Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 2.29Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 2.44Xianju Special 2026: 3.02Beijing Spring Open 2026: 2.99Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 2.68Chengdu Embracing Summer 2026: 2.91Xi'an Summer 2026: 2.94Jiajiang Open 2026: 3.03Zhanjiang Open 2026: 2.881.7510.915 Aug 20189 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.