Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Yanhong Chen (陈燕宏)

People · China

Yanhong Chen (陈燕宏)

3×3 one-handed · top 6.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012CHEN14

Yanhong Chen (陈燕宏) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.32, set at BUAA Open 2014, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 652nd in China. Until September 2009, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since May 2012, he has put 1,055 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.94 in May 2012 to 9.99, a 28% improvement. Yanhong has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 6.7% of 73,695 all-time
14.32
signature single · BUAA Open 2014
1,055
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed14.3220.83
top 6.7%652 / 5,922
3×39.9912.65
top 7.4%2,894 / 28,153
4×440.4446.81
top 12.6%1,361 / 5,926
2×23.135.09
top 15.8%2,521 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.547.50
top 16.7%1,955 / 10,224
5×51:24.821:32.87
top 23.1%1,103 / 2,816
Skewb6.038.31
top 25.9%1,611 / 5,004
7×74:23.114:47.14
top 38.7%739 / 1,261
6×63:03.523:09.66
top 42.7%838 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves45.67
top 44.7%515 / 1,058
Megaminx2:22.792:57.50
top 57.9%1,422 / 1,678
Square-134.7149.99
top 57.9%984 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded4:18.59—
early days — 1 solve983 / 1,183
Clock39.41—
early days — 1 solve1,781 / 1,843

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

China Tourism Day 2012: 13.94Beijing Summer 2012: 15.06Shandong Open 2012: 12.50Beijing Winter 2012: 13.84BUAA Open 2013: 13.83Beijing Summer 2013: 11.28TUT 2013: 14.75Tianjin University Open 2014: 11.23Beijing Summer Open 2014: 12.01BUAA Open 2014: 12.72Tianjin University Open 2015: 13.37Qinhuangdao Open 2015: 11.92East Japan Big Cubes 2015: 14.03China Championship 2015: 15.33Beijing Open 2015: 12.20Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 11.37Tangshan Open 2016: 10.59One Night in Beijing 2016: 12.71Asian Championship 2016: 10.21Tianjin Open 2016: 10.90Shenyang Winter 2016: 12.68Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 10.58Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017: 11.96Beijing Open 2018: 11.71Tangshan Open 2018: 9.99Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 11.53Beijing Summer 2018: 11.62China Championship 2018: 12.33Xi'an New Year 2020: 12.68Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 12.549.9915.3319 May 20121 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.