People · China
Yang Chen (陈扬)
3×3 · top 24.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018CHEY31
Yang Chen (陈扬) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.04, set at Hangzhou Open AM 2021, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,263rd in China. Across 8 competitions since November 2018, he has put 60 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in November 2018 to 15.04, a 24% improvement. Yang 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.04 | 16.54 | top 24.6% | 9,263 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.98 | 9.87 | top 50.7% | 8,655 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.96 | 26.12 | top 77.6% | 7,703 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Apr 2021Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open AM 2021.
- 10 Nov 2018First competition: Hangzhou Open 2018. A 19.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xuyang Chen (陈徐洋) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.