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Yichen Cui (崔翊琛)

3×3 · top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024CUIY01

Yichen Cui (崔翊琛) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.13, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,263rd in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.24 in August 2024 to 11.13, a 39% improvement. Yichen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.13
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.1313.19
top 10.9%4,263 / 28,153
2×24.007.56
top 26.5%4,467 / 15,796

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

Xi'an Open 2024: 18.24Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 14.78Xi'an Autumn 2025: 12.34Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 11.1311.1318.243 Aug 20244 Apr 2026

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.