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Yao Chen (陈瑶)

3×3 · top 39.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019CHEN67

Yao Chen (陈瑶) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.84, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts her in the top 39.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,605th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, she has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.57 in April 2019 to 19.84, a 22% improvement. Yao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.5% of 284,439 all-time
19.84
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.8425.07
top 39.5%13,605 / 28,153
2×25.078.55
top 40.2%6,953 / 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

Dongguan Spring 2019: 25.57Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 22.13Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 19.8419.8425.5721 Apr 201924 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.84 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as she improves.