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Yining Chen (陈衣宁)

Skewb · top 42.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013CHEN77

Yining Chen (陈衣宁) has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015, puts her in the top 42.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,514th in China. Across 5 competitions since October 2013, she has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. Yining has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 42.7% of 73,281 all-time
8.19
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb8.1912.42
top 42.7%2,514 / 5,004
Pyraminx12.3417.98
top 69.3%6,973 / 10,224
3×349.5554.07
top 85.7%24,345 / 28,153

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 8.19Nanchang Open 2015: 8.26One Night in Beijing 2016: 11.008.1911.004 Apr 201528 May 2016

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as she improves.