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Yong Chen
Pyraminx · top 7.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024CHEY14
Yong Chen has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at Cubing at the Course CT 2025, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,873rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.92 in September 2024 to 15.54, a 35% improvement. Yong 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.93 | 8.07 | top 7.3% | 1,873 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.20 | 4.88 | top 16.6% | 6,516 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 15.54 | 17.71 | top 26.2% | 14,324 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.72 | 36.03 | top 36.1% | 4,773 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,762 / 19,072 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at the Course CT 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.36 at Springfield Cube Day 2024.
- 22 Sep 2024First competition: Ocean State Cubikon 2024. A 23.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Cubing at the Course CT 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Springfield Cube Day 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ocean State Cubikon 2024 · 22 Sep 2024
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.
- Ryan Durette — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Josh Sanderson — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.