People · China
Yi Chen (陈易)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023CHEY31
Yi Chen (陈易) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.89, set at Zhuhai Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 442nd in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2023, he has put 442 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.78 in October 2023 to 6.89, a 22% improvement. Yi has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.89 | 8.75 | top 1.2% | 442 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 29.18 | 33.30 | top 2.4% | 231 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.17 | 14.37 | top 3.2% | 290 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 4.91 | 5.68 | top 4.2% | 80 / 1,887 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.34 | top 5.4% | 765 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.10 | 1:15.79 | top 10.4% | 528 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 5.61 | top 14.0% | 858 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 37.67 | top 23.5% | 248 / 1,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.98 | 11.62 | top 27.7% | 3,129 / 10,269 |
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
- 23 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Summer 2026.
- 31 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quangang Afternoon 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Open 2025.
- 19 Jul 2024Six personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Spring 2024.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou FMC Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Chi Zhang (张弛) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.