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Yichen Shen (沈怡晨)

3×3 · top 54.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010SHEN03

Yichen Shen (沈怡晨) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.68, set at Shanghai Open 2010, puts him in the top 54.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,035th in China. Across 3 competitions since February 2010, he has put 13 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.30 in February 2010 to 25.68, a 23% improvement. Yichen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 54.1% of 284,439 all-time
25.68
signature single · Shanghai Open 2010
13
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×325.6830.56
top 54.1%17,035 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed1:24.59
early days — 2 solves5,898 / 5,922

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

Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010: 33.30Shanghai Open 2010: 25.68Shanghai Summer 2012: 35.8425.6835.847 Feb 201021 Jul 2012

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 24.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.