People · China
Yiling Chen (陈依灵)
3×3 blindfolded · top 2.2% of 12,334 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019CHEY52
Yiling Chen (陈依灵) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 22.45, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts her in the top 2.2% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in China. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2019, she has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 45.70 in December 2019 to 13.92, a 70% improvement. Yiling has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 blindfolded | 22.45 | — | top 2.2% | 31 / 1,184 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 7.01 | top 18.0% | 2,955 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 13.92 | 16.21 | top 20.8% | 8,157 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.65 | 11.07 | top 33.3% | 3,694 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 7:32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 228 / 279 | |
| Skewb | 19.02 | 24.38 | top 88.1% | 4,392 / 5,030 |
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 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.93 at Hanoi Summer 2023.
- 18 Apr 2021First sub-30 3×3: 15.15 at Hangzhou Open AM 2021.
- 18 Apr 2021First sub-20 3×3: 15.15 at Hangzhou Open AM 2021.
- 8 Dec 2019First competition: Wuxi Winter 2019. A 45.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei September Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jieyu Yang (杨杰予) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daryl Tan Hong An — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 176 people have one; it is 2.45 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as she improves.