People · China
Youxuan Chen (陈佑轩)
Megaminx · top 1.7% of 34,786 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025CHEY02
Youxuan Chen (陈佑轩) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 40.29, set at Maoming Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in China. Until August 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2025, he has put 94 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.07 in July 2025 to 7.84, a 22% improvement. Youxuan 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 40.29 | 47.69 | top 1.7% | 35 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 7.84 | 8.97 | top 2.5% | 910 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 57.20 | 1:03.91 | top 4.2% | 198 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 33.49 | 36.10 | top 5.4% | 528 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.71 | 18.86 | top 11.9% | 1,166 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.14 | 11.16 | top 14.1% | 1,668 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 3.93 | top 20.0% | 3,273 / 15,796 |
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
- 9 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Zhanjiang Open 2026.
- 8 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.03 at Maoming Open 2026.
- 19 Jul 2025First competition: Xi'an Summer 2025. A 10.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Zhenyu Cai (蔡镇宇) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.