People · China
Yiting Chen (陈怡廷)
2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017CHEY18
Yiting Chen (陈怡廷) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Guilin Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 126th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 256 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.32 in August 2017 to 7.53, a 27% improvement. Yiting has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.23 | 2.25 | top 1.1% | 126 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 7.53 | 9.62 | top 2.0% | 744 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 29.36 | 34.26 | top 2.5% | 249 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.59 | 14.18 | top 3.8% | 341 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 5.20 | top 7.1% | 855 / 10,269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.02 | 1:12.15 | top 12.7% | 356 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.67 | 1:21.02 | top 13.7% | 685 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 2:16.59 | 2:43.33 | top 18.9% | 426 / 1,363 | |
| Skewb | 5.27 | 7.44 | top 20.3% | 1,268 / 5,030 | |
| 7×7 | 3:43.74 | 3:56.92 | top 24.7% | 507 / 1,274 | |
| Square-1 | 18.80 | 21.85 | top 25.3% | 430 / 1,373 |
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
- 26 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at Changsha Autumn 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2019.
- 13 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.56 at Meizhou Open 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Meizhou Open 2018.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Yangzhou Open 2017. A 11.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Zhijian Wang (王志坚) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.