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Yifan Chen (陈一凡)

3×3 · top 29.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015CHEN31

Yifan Chen (陈一凡) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.44, set at Jinhua Open 2016, puts him in the top 29.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,783rd in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2015, he has put 22 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.85 in April 2015 to 16.44, a 34% improvement. Yifan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 29.2% of 284,439 all-time
16.44
signature single · Jinhua Open 2016
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.4417.49
top 29.2%10,783 / 28,153
2×24.7910.86
top 36.6%6,312 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.0414.27
top 45.2%4,807 / 10,224

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

Wenzhou Open 2015: 24.85Jinhua Open 2016: 16.4416.4424.8526 Apr 20156 Aug 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.