People · China
Yichang Chen (陈益昌)
Pyraminx · top 13.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016CHEY02
Yichang Chen (陈益昌) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.09, set at Longyan Summer Open 2017, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,629th in China. Across 13 competitions since August 2016, he has put 401 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.19 in August 2016 to 12.39, a 23% improvement. Yichang has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 6.67 | top 13.7% | 1,629 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 12.39 | 13.63 | top 15.2% | 5,996 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.76 | 24.18 | top 19.9% | 1,985 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:33.63 | — | top 24.4% | 335 / 1,183 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 7.45 | top 25.6% | 1,585 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 10.41 | 12.37 | top 27.1% | 628 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 52.72 | 57.91 | top 28.0% | 2,927 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 4.95 | top 28.7% | 4,890 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.73 | 2:11.88 | top 54.1% | 2,213 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 34.24 | 38.74 | top 57.2% | 971 / 1,362 | |
| 6×6 | 4:53.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,278 / 1,349 |
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
- 30 Apr 2017Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 20 Nov 2016Four personal bests in one day at Zhenjiang Open 2016.
- 16 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at Nanjing Autumn 2016.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016. A 16.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017
- Quanzhou Side Event 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Longyan Summer Open 2017 · 9 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Anhui University Smart Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 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.
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Shenghai Fang (方胜海) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.