People · China
Yanjun Chen (陈彦均)
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023CHEY28
Yanjun Chen (陈彦均) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.75, set at Kunshan Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 393rd in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 131 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Yanjun has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 6.75 | 7.74 | top 1.1% | 393 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.26 | 3.09 | top 1.6% | 190 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 3.31 | top 2.5% | 287 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 3.49 | 5.03 | top 7.7% | 439 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,859 / 5,922 |
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
- 14 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 7.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xukai Mei (梅栩恺) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chufan Cao (曹楚凡) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.