People · China
Yilin Wen (文奕霖)
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023WENY03
Yilin Wen (文奕霖) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,120th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.02 in October 2023 to 9.25, a 38% improvement. Yilin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.25 | 10.86 | top 5.5% | 2,120 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.63 | 23.18 | top 19.5% | 1,958 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.40 | 4.90 | top 31.6% | 5,421 / 15,796 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.81 at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 15.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
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.
- Yaohua Li (李垚桦) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.