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Yichen Jiang (姜一辰)

3×3 · top 0.24% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019JIAN57

Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.49, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.24% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2019, he has put 676 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.25 in August 2019 to 5.49, a 70% improvement. Yichen has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.24% of 284,439 all-time
5.49
signature single · Nanchang Summer 2026
676
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×35.496.50
top 0.24%104 / 28,153
4×426.5529.85
top 1.2%117 / 5,926
Pyraminx2.032.65
top 1.2%129 / 10,224
Skewb2.443.93
top 2.7%141 / 5,004
2×21.973.16
top 4.5%617 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.7116.80
top 5.6%521 / 5,922
5×51:07.971:12.99
top 10.2%507 / 2,816
Megaminx1:52.89—
early days — 2 solves1,187 / 1,678

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 10th Anniversary 2019: 18.25Wuhan Autumn 2019: 15.68Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 13.63Beijing Winter 2019: 13.01Nanchang Winter 2019: 14.68Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 10.45Guangzhou Good Morning 2020: 9.42Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021: 7.51Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 8.53Beijing Spring AM 2021: 7.74Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 7.24Guangdong Open 2021: 7.55Singapore Championship 2023: 6.28Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.15Hefei Winter Open 2023: 6.17Changsha Open 2023: 6.20Nanchang Spring 2024: 6.60Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 5.74Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 5.87Nanchang Spring 2025: 6.20Hefei Open 2025: 5.72Nanchang Winter 2025: 6.42Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 5.55Nanchang Summer 2026: 5.495.4918.2524 Aug 201918 Jul 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.