People · China
Yichen Huang (黄奕晨)
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016HUAN49
Yichen Huang (黄奕晨) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.20, set at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,230th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2016, he has put 184 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.54 in October 2016 to 10.20, a 69% improvement. Yichen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.20 | 13.09 | top 8.1% | 3,230 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 45.33 | 1:02.67 | top 18.8% | 2,069 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.18 | 11.34 | top 29.3% | 3,283 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 4.63 | 6.56 | top 34.7% | 6,030 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.31 | 29.13 | top 40.2% | 3,759 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.40 | 2:04.52 | top 46.4% | 2,030 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,480 / 1,693 | |
| Skewb | 14.81 | 21.93 | top 77.7% | 4,019 / 5,030 |
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
- 24 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2018.
- 2 Jul 2017First sub-30 3×3: 15.98 at Quanzhou Open 2017.
- 2 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.98 at Quanzhou Open 2017.
- 2 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at Quanzhou Open 2017.
- 2 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Open 2017.
- 16 Oct 2016First competition: TKK Open 2016. A 32.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2019 · 4 May 2019
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Longyan Summer Open 2017 · 9 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016
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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jianyan Ou (欧鉴言) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 5.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.