People · China
Yifan Chen (陈奕帆)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEY22
Yifan Chen (陈奕帆) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.72, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,660th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 85 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Yifan 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 | 9.72 | 10.94 | top 6.7% | 2,660 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.98 | 10.72 | top 27.7% | 3,129 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.46 | top 32.2% | 5,591 / 15,939 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Foshan Open 2026.
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Foshan Open 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025First competition: Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025. A 10.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
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.
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Antonio Li Ka Ming (李家銘) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.