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Yong Chen (陈勇)

2×2 · top 98.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2007 · 2007YONG03

Yong Chen (陈勇) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 28.68, set at Beijing Spring Open 2008, puts him in the top 98.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,645th in China. Across 2 competitions since December 2007, he has put 8 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 3:04.45 in December 2007 to 2:02.51, a 34% improvement. Yong has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 98.6% of 186,767 all-time
28.68
signature single · Beijing Spring Open 2008
8
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×228.68
early days — 3 solves15,645 / 15,796
3×32:02.51
top 99.4%28,081 / 28,153

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

Beijing Open 2007: 3:04.45Beijing Spring Open 2008: 2:02.512:02.513:04.4515 Dec 20072 May 2008

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 15 Dec 2007First competition: Beijing Open 2007. A 3:04.45 3×3 single to start from.

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-25 2×2 single — 182,590 people have one; it is 3.68 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 single — 282,609 people have one; it is 2.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.