People · China
Yilin Chen
3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022CHEN58
Yilin Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.95, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2025, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,758th in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 100 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.55 in August 2022 to 12.95, a 30% improvement. Yilin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 12.95 | 14.98 | top 17.2% | 6,758 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 5.23 | top 30.5% | 5,229 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.97 | 32.15 | top 34.1% | 3,249 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.74 | 16.11 | top 51.0% | 5,352 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.33 | 1:24.52 | top 56.2% | 4,845 / 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
- 22 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.77 at Manchester June 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Manchester June 2025.
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: Lincoln Summer 2022. A 21.85 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.55 at Lincoln Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincoln Summer 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 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.
- Blue James — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Christopher Morris — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.