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Yi-Sa Chen (陳以撒)

2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009CHEN04

Yi-Sa Chen (陳以撒) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at Taiwan Winter Open 2010, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 127th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2009, he has put 304 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in February 2009 to 9.34, a 26% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.02
signature single · Taiwan Winter Open 2010
304
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×22.022.80
top 4.9%127 / 1,669
3×39.3410.98
top 5.7%338 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed14.9320.10
top 8.0%111 / 802
4×436.4847.65
top 8.1%203 / 1,078
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves
top 17.4%33 / 204

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 Winter Open 2009: 12.69Taiwan Summer Open 2009: 11.94Maru Cube Day 2009: 11.58Taiwan Winter Open 2010: 13.11Taiwan Summer Open 2010: 11.41Cubik Box Cup 2011: 10.99Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 11.58Kaohsiung Open 2013: 10.33Kaohsiung Winter Open 2016: 9.93Maru Cube Day 2019: 9.349.3413.118 Feb 20096 Jul 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.