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Yanyuan Chen (陈衍源)

3×3 · top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010CHEN36

Yanyuan Chen (陈衍源) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.80, set at Changsha Open 2011, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,563rd in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2010, he has put 61 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.90 in August 2010 to 12.80, a 14% improvement. Yanyuan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.80
signature single · Changsha Open 2011
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.8017.24
top 16.7%6,563 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed26.1830.32
top 37.3%3,490 / 5,922
2×25.917.03
top 50.0%8,543 / 15,796

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 2010: 14.90Changsha Open 2011: 12.80Shantou Open 2013: 14.10Guangdong Open 2013: 15.4212.8015.428 Aug 20101 Oct 2013

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 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.