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Yanlin Chen (陈彦霖)

3×3 · top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023CHEY29

Yanlin Chen (陈彦霖) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.35, set at Guiyang Open 2024, puts her in the top 28.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,696th in China. Across 2 competitions since October 2023, she has put 17 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.30 in October 2023 to 16.35, a 27% improvement. Yanlin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.35
signature single · Guiyang Open 2024
17
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.3517.82
top 28.9%10,696 / 28,153
2×29.7712.30
top 77.0%12,477 / 15,796
Pyraminx25.16
early days — 2 solves9,794 / 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

Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 22.30Guiyang Open 2024: 16.3516.3522.3015 Oct 202326 May 2024

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as she improves.