People · China
Yiyang Chen (陈熠扬)
Skewb · top 1.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019CHEY20
Yiyang Chen (陈熠扬) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Kunshan Side Events 2021, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in China. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2019, he has put 89 official solves on the record across five events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.46 in August 2019 to 3.80, a 30% improvement. Yiyang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.16 | 3.31 | top 1.8% | 81 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.80 | 4.72 | top 6.7% | 799 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.57 | 11.59 | top 9.2% | 3,594 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.36 | top 9.7% | 1,465 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 9.55 | 12.24 | top 22.9% | 505 / 1,843 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.70 at Wuxi Winter 2019.
- 4 Aug 2019First competition: Suzhou Open 2019. A 16.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open AM 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 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 his.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jie Wang (王杰) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yi-Xiang Hu (胡翊翔) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.