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Yingguang Chen (陈映光)

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013CHEN43

Yingguang Chen (陈映光) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 367th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since July 2013, he has put 790 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.81 in July 2013 to 1.68, a 56% improvement. Yingguang has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Asian Championship 2016
790
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.682.63
top 3.0%367 / 15,796
3×39.8212.25
top 7.0%2,708 / 28,153
4×445.5753.23
top 19.0%2,067 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.348.40
top 22.5%2,574 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed23.7833.03
top 30.9%2,990 / 5,922
Clock12.9813.76
top 39.6%946 / 1,843
Square-126.0143.29
top 41.5%711 / 1,362
Skewb9.5311.49
top 52.0%2,908 / 5,004
5×52:19.35—
top 60.7%2,390 / 2,816

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

Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 3.81Huizhou Open 2014: 3.58Guangdong Open 2014: 3.63Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 3.13Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 3.00Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 2.94Shenzhen Open 2015: 3.41Huizhou Open 2015: 2.38Shantou Open 2015: 2.80Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 3.00China Championship 2015: 2.17Parity Open 2015: 2.36Dongguan Open 2016: 2.28Huizhou Open 2016: 1.84Shantou Open 2016: 2.74Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 2.38Asian Championship 2016: 1.68Dongguan Open 2017: 2.15China Championship 2017: 2.33Shantou Open 2017: 2.60China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 2.20Zhongshan Open 2017: 2.00Guangdong Open 2018: 2.35Huizhou Open 2018: 2.51Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 2.11Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 1.79Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 2.05Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 2.01Shenzhen Open 2023: 3.43Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 1.92Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 3.12Shenzhen Open 2024: 2.41Zhuhai Open 2025: 2.64Jiangmen Open 2025: 2.78Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 2.44Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 2.80Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 2.69Foshan Open 2026: 2.671.683.8122 Jul 20132 May 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.68 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.