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Yikang Chen (陈毅康)

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016CHEY12

Yikang Chen (陈毅康) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at WHUT Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 216th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since November 2016, he has put 585 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.91 in November 2016 to 9.81, a 34% improvement. Yikang has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.44
signature single · WHUT Open 2018
585
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.444.11
top 1.9%216 / 15,796
3×39.8111.67
top 6.9%2,699 / 28,153
Skewb3.664.98
top 8.7%501 / 5,004
4×438.6845.35
top 10.5%1,118 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded57.23—
top 12.1%184 / 1,183
3×3 one-handed18.1221.11
top 15.4%1,511 / 5,922
5×51:28.731:34.21
top 26.3%1,220 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves47.00
top 26.7%289 / 1,058
Megaminx1:34.681:52.13
top 31.1%930 / 1,678
Pyraminx7.589.64
top 32.7%3,591 / 10,224
Square-122.2330.36
top 33.0%558 / 1,362
6×62:53.953:16.43
early days — 3 solves773 / 1,349
7×74:28.024:49.74
early days — 3 solves762 / 1,261
Clock15.9218.45
top 51.6%1,204 / 1,843
4×4 blindfolded9:58.84—
early days — 1 solve101 / 149
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 30:00—
early days — 2 solves244 / 278

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

Wuhan Open 2016: 14.91Nanchang Winter 2016: 13.25Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 12.68ZUA Open 2017: 10.64Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 12.94Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 12.73China Championship 2017: 12.81Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 12.60WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 12.38Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 11.58HUST Open 2018: 12.20China Championship 2018: 13.15WIT Open 2018: 9.98WHUT Open 2018: 11.79Wuhan Open 2019: 9.81China Championship 2019: 10.69Ezhou Open 2019: 10.42Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 9.939.8114.916 Nov 20165 Apr 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.