People · China
Yaolin Chen (陈耀霖)
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEY29
Yaolin Chen (陈耀霖) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.85, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 918th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 62 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Yaolin 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.85 | 8.99 | top 2.5% | 918 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.21 | 41.17 | top 6.9% | 694 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 4.06 | top 20.5% | 3,354 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,771 / 5,922 |
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
- 1 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Start of Summer Beijing 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Hangzhou Winter 2025. A 8.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Guanlin Chen (陈冠霖) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.