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Yizhao Chen (陈毅钊)

3×3 · top 45.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015CHEN72

Yizhao Chen (陈毅钊) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.90, set at Shantou Open 2017, puts him in the top 45.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,988th in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2015, he has put 59 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.34 in August 2015 to 21.90, a 20% improvement. Yizhao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.2% of 284,439 all-time
21.90
signature single · Shantou Open 2017
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×321.9025.84
top 45.2%14,988 / 28,153
Clock20.02
early days — 3 solves1,432 / 1,843
2×27.9610.96
top 67.6%11,152 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed42.51
top 68.7%5,277 / 5,922
Skewb13.7417.39
top 73.8%3,844 / 5,004
Pyraminx15.9920.76
top 85.1%8,395 / 10,224

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

Shantou Open 2015: 27.34Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 23.04Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 23.04Shantou Open 2017: 21.90Jieyang Open 2018: 26.40Jieyang Open 2019: 24.4521.9027.342 Aug 201511 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-20 Clock single — 20,707 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.