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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.

3×3
best event — top 24.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.04
signature single · Hangzhou Open AM 2021
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.0416.54
top 24.6%9,263 / 28,153
2×25.989.87
top 50.7%8,655 / 15,796
Pyraminx13.9626.12
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

Hangzhou Open 2018: 19.90Hangzhou Open 2019: 16.41Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 16.84Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 15.04Huzhou Open 2024: 16.79Hangzhou Open 2024: 16.42Hangzhou Winter 2025: 16.66Hangzhou Open 2026: 16.5015.0419.9010 Nov 201823 May 2026

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-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.