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Yichen Ye (叶逸晨)

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,591st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since December 2019, he has put 550 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 35,811 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 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.70
signature single · Deqing Small & Special 2026
550
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%1,591 / 28,153
2×22.154.11
top 5.8%813 / 15,796
4×436.5640.95
top 8.2%850 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.138.78
top 14.0%1,661 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed19.4325.11
top 19.0%1,901 / 5,922
5×51:20.441:27.39
top 19.4%924 / 2,816
Skewb5.178.63
top 19.5%1,207 / 5,004
Clock12.2314.26
top 36.1%860 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves43.67
top 37.3%409 / 1,058

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 — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.