People · China
Yifei Chen (陈奕霏)
3×3 · top 0.83% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012CHEN28
Yifei Chen (陈奕霏) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.47, set at Guiyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.83% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2012, he has put 304 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in August 2012 to 6.47, a 52% improvement. Yifei has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.47 | 8.62 | top 0.83% | 310 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.24 | 4.36 | top 1.2% | 128 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 39.11 | 48.03 | top 11.1% | 1,173 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.65 | 43.40 | top 54.7% | 4,583 / 5,922 |
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
- 5 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at Zunyi Open 2014.
- 10 Aug 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Chongqing Open 2013.
- 5 Aug 2012First competition: Guiyang Open 2012. A 15.46 3×3 single to start from.
- 5 Aug 2012First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at Guiyang Open 2012.
Competitions
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- Xiamen Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Xiamen Open 2017 · 14 May 2017
- Quanzhou Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Zunyi Open 2014 · 5 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2012 · 5 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ziyuan Lin (林子源) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Shenchuan Mao (毛神川) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.