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Yixi Chen (陈奕希)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.46% of 74,621 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024CHEN94
Yixi Chen (陈奕希) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Huanggang Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in China. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2024, he has put 186 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 11.58 in June 2024 to 8.86, a 23% improvement. Yixi has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 one-handed | 8.86 | 11.47 | top 0.46% | 40 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 7.49 | 10.17 | top 2.0% | 718 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 36.94 | 44.74 | top 8.7% | 917 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 4.14 | 7.41 | top 11.9% | 714 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 3.62 | 4.26 | top 21.8% | 3,629 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 415 / 1,071 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025.
- 20 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Guilin Open 2024.
- 28 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024First competition: Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024. A 10.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
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.
- Zixiong Xu (徐梓雄) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ruikang Lu (陆瑞康) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.