People · Chinese Taipei
You-An Chen (陳祐安)
2×2 · top 7.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022CHEN96
You-An Chen (陳祐安) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.35, set at Taiwan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 202nd in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2022, he has put 137 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.16 in November 2022 to 10.15, a 44% improvement. He 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 | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.49 | top 7.5% | 202 / 1,671 | |
| 3×3 | 10.15 | 12.89 | top 7.9% | 486 / 4,369 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.68 | — | top 48.6% | 742 / 1,079 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.81 | — | top 50.9% | 586 / 805 | |
| Skewb | 11.35 | 14.97 | top 62.7% | 525 / 700 | |
| Megaminx | 2:58.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 305 / 363 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.62 | 30.41 | top 76.1% | 858 / 1,017 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 6 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at CK Cubing Party 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022. A 18.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ping-Yen Hsieh (謝秉諺) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.