People · China
Yong Chen (陈勇)
Pyraminx · top 13.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019CHEN89
Yong Chen (陈勇) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.07, set at Shenyang Spring 2024, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,613th in China. Across 9 competitions since May 2019, he has put 95 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.38 in May 2019 to 13.58, a 17% improvement. Yong has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 8.28 | top 13.6% | 1,613 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 6.91 | top 19.2% | 3,146 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.58 | 14.65 | top 19.5% | 7,571 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.02 | 30.06 | top 31.5% | 3,049 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 7.85 | 11.46 | top 40.1% | 2,382 / 5,004 |
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
- 16 May 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.91 at Xuzhou Open AM 2021.
- 1 May 2019First competition: Xuzhou Spring 2019. A 16.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open AM 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.