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Yanyu Chen (陈彦宇)

3×3 · top 38.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015CHEN71

Yanyu Chen (陈彦宇) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.53, set at Singapore Cube Championship 2019, puts him in the top 38.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,397th in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2015, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.63 in August 2015 to 19.53, a 14% improvement. Yanyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.6% of 284,439 all-time
19.53
signature single · Singapore Cube Championship 2019
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.5321.43
top 38.6%13,397 / 28,153
3×3 blindfolded2:20.69
early days — 1 solve586 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves
early days — 2 solves459 / 1,058
4×41:25.08
early days — 2 solves5,027 / 5,926

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

Shantou Open 2015: 22.63Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016: 20.56Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017: 20.18Singapore Cube Championship 2019: 19.5319.5322.632 Aug 201523 Feb 2019

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 4.53 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 20.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.