People · United States
Yanping Chen
3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009CHEN01
Yanping Chen has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.16, set at MIT Fall 2009, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,402nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2009, he has put 38 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.22 in January 2009 to 17.16, a 32% improvement. Yanping has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.16 | 19.68 | top 31.5% | 17,402 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.40 | 30.64 | top 32.6% | 4,259 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,683 / 2,040 |
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 Nov 2009First sub-20 3×3: 17.16 at MIT Fall 2009.
- 18 Jan 2009First competition: San Francisco Open 2009. A 25.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MIT Spring 2010 · 6 Mar 2010 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009
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.
- Bob Burton — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Arthur Adams — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Timothy Sun — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.