People · Australia
Yiyang Chen
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023CHEN75
Yiyang Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Tassie Summer 2025, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 484th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2023, he has put 544 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.57 in May 2023 to 10.62, a 51% improvement. Yiyang has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 3.43 | top 6.5% | 484 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 10.62 | 12.17 | top 9.3% | 826 / 11,709 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.16 | 1:46.76 | top 15.5% | 208 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.42 | 7.46 | top 15.9% | 771 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 6.89 | top 18.8% | 491 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 51.23 | 55.54 | top 26.2% | 678 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 19.45 | 35.40 | top 26.7% | 254 / 899 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.31 | 24.42 | top 26.9% | 601 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.60 | 1:42.04 | top 28.0% | 350 / 1,277 | |
| Clock | 18.93 | 25.92 | top 61.5% | 639 / 1,095 | |
| 6×6 | 5:40.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 567 / 641 |
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
- 2 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at QLD State Championship 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Speedy Southport 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at MarsdeNxN 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2024.
Competitions
- Speedy Southport 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- QLD State Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Speedy Southport 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- MarsdeNxN 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Runaway Bay May Sunday 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Hao Do — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Lucas Otsu — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Jamie Otsu — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.