People · China
Yichen Zhang (张奕晨)
3×3 · top 16.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018ZHAY19
Yichen Zhang (张奕晨) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.60, set at Tianjin Open 2024, puts him in the top 16.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,282nd in China. Across 5 competitions since June 2018, he has put 77 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Yichen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 12.60 | 16.60 | top 16.0% | 6,282 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.74 | 9.65 | top 25.7% | 2,894 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 4.55 | 6.36 | top 33.6% | 5,746 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.15 | 31.85 | top 42.3% | 3,852 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 9.45 | 14.92 | top 51.5% | 2,892 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,988 / 5,926 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.60 at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.04 at China Championship 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018First sub-30 3×3: 24.17 at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 24 Jun 2018First competition: Tianjin Summer Open 2018. A 35.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Summer Open 2018 · 24 Jun 2018
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.