People · China
Yihan Chen (陈奕涵)
3×3 · top 0.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018CHEY41
Yihan Chen (陈奕涵) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.36, set at Xuzhou Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2018, he has put 731 official solves on the record across six 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 10.76 in December 2018 to 5.36, a 50% improvement. Yihan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 5.36 | 6.93 | top 0.2% | 85 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.11 | 1.48 | top 0.79% | 82 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.72 | 5.51 | top 2.8% | 321 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.12 | 14.62 | top 3.2% | 271 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 5.58 | 7.46 | top 22.6% | 1,413 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 52.43 | 59.17 | top 27.7% | 2,898 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Autumn 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Nanchang Open 2019.
- 24 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Fuzhou Spring 2019.
- 24 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Spring 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018First competition: Wenzhou Open 2018. A 11.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Johor Mini 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021
- Jieyang Good Morning 2021 · 31 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ezhou Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- Taizhou Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 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.
- Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.