People · China
Yijia Chen (陈奕佳)
2×2 · top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016CHEY04
Yijia Chen (陈奕佳) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at Longyan Open 2019, puts her in the top 0.98% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2016, she has put 531 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 2×2 best has come down from 2.36 in October 2016 to 1.18, a 50% improvement. Yijia has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.18 | 2.19 | top 0.98% | 108 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.04 | 9.16 | top 2.9% | 1,030 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.30 | 4.56 | top 4.7% | 561 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 4.20 | 5.16 | top 12.3% | 736 / 5,004 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Lanzhou Autumn 2019.
- 9 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 13.14 at Zhangzhou Spring 2017.
- 9 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.14 at Zhangzhou Spring 2017.
- 16 Oct 2016First competition: TKK Open 2016. A 20.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Zhangzhou Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Zhangzhou Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 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 her.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Zifeng Liu (刘子枫) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as she improves.