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Yang Chen (陈扬)

3×3 · top 22.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012CHEN21

Yang Chen (陈扬) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.30, set at Xi'an Summer 2013, puts him in the top 22.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,441st in China. Across 7 competitions since July 2012, he has put 132 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.03 in July 2012 to 14.30, a 29% improvement. Yang has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.30
signature single · Xi'an Summer 2013
132
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.3017.01
top 22.0%8,441 / 28,153
2×24.055.59
top 27.1%4,601 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.2512.62
top 38.3%4,149 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed26.8432.78
top 38.9%3,615 / 5,922
4×41:20.531:25.21
top 56.3%4,853 / 5,926

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

Qingdao Open 2012: 20.03Xi'an Newborn 2012: 20.38Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 15.71Xi'an Summer 2013: 14.30Beijing Summer 2013: 15.65Xi'an Winter 2013: 16.38Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014: 18.5214.3020.3829 Jul 201213 Apr 2014

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.30 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.