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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.

3×3
best event — top 32.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.45
signature single · Pingtung Winter Open 2025
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×317.4519.88
top 32.4%1,813 / 4,213
2×25.637.24
top 46.8%1,039 / 1,669
4×41:17.96
top 54.2%797 / 1,078
3×3 one-handed33.68
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

Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 20.54Maru Cube Day 2023: 25.73Pingtung Summer Open 2023: 26.39Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 18.23Pingtung Winter Open 2025: 17.45Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 18.03Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025: 18.3917.4526.3918 Jun 202314 Dec 2025

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-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.