People · China
Yijin Chen (陈奕锦)
Pyraminx · top 6.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEY24
Yijin Chen (陈奕锦) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.84, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 838th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.49 in November 2025 to 3.84, a 41% improvement. Yijin has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.84 | 5.26 | top 6.9% | 838 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 12.01 | 13.26 | top 14.0% | 5,626 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 6.04 | 7.42 | top 26.1% | 1,638 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 6.58 | 9.13 | top 56.8% | 9,718 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jul 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.01 at Nanchang Summer 2026.
- 23 Nov 2025First competition: Nanchang Winter 2025. A 18.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 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.
- Jinrui Ouyang (欧阳瑾瑞) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jiawen Li (李嘉文) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zixuan Wang (王梓轩) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.