People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-Fu Chen (陳奕夫)
3×3 · top 32.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023CHEN94
Yi-Fu Chen (陳奕夫) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.45, set at Pingtung Winter Open 2025, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,813th in Chinese Taipei. Across 7 competitions since June 2023, he has put 76 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.54 in June 2023 to 17.45, a 15% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.45 | 19.88 | top 32.4% | 1,813 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 5.63 | 7.24 | top 46.8% | 1,039 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.96 | — | top 54.2% | 797 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.68 | — | top 54.8% | 619 / 802 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.23 at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
- 18 Jun 2023First competition: Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023. A 24.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 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.
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hao-Jyun Kang (康皓鈞) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.45 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.