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Yichen Ye (叶逸晨)

3×3 · top 4.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019YEYI01

Yichen Ye (叶逸晨) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Deqing Small & Special 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,628th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since December 2019, he has put 553 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.56 in December 2019 to 8.70, a 40% improvement. Yichen has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 288,433 all-time
8.70
signature single · Deqing Small & Special 2026
553
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.7010.48
top 4.2%1,628 / 28,499
2×22.154.11
top 5.9%828 / 15,939
4×436.5640.95
top 8.3%878 / 5,999
Pyraminx5.138.78
top 14.0%1,687 / 10,269
3×3 one-handed19.4325.11
top 19.1%1,939 / 5,994
Skewb5.178.63
top 19.5%1,220 / 5,030
5×51:20.441:27.39
top 19.6%951 / 2,857
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves39.00
top 26.9%294 / 1,071
Clock12.2314.26
top 36.1%885 / 1,887

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

Xiamen Winter 2019: 14.56Beijing Winter 2025: 14.86Luoyang Spring 2025: 10.95Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 10.66Beijing Summer 2025: 9.58Quangang Afternoon 2025: 12.56Beijing University Cube League 2025: 10.49Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 10.80Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 9.35Beijing Winter 2026: 9.03Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 10.23Beijing Spring Open 2026: 9.50Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 10.99Deqing Small & Special 2026: 8.70Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 10.12Huanggang Open 2026: 10.20Zhangzhou Open 2026: 10.62Nanchang Summer 2026: 9.00Fuzhou Summer 2026: 13.448.7014.861 Dec 201923 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.