People · China
Yu Cen (岑昱)
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CENY02
Yu Cen (岑昱) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.99, set at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,000th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2017, he has put 86 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.65 in June 2017 to 7.99, a 65% improvement. Yu 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.99 | 10.46 | top 2.8% | 1,000 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.77 | 28.65 | top 30.8% | 2,987 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 20.91 | 27.98 | top 93.9% | 9,351 / 10,224 |
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
- 21 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Shaoxing Open 2019.
- 21 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shaoxing Open 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019First sub-20 3×3: 13.91 at Singapore Cube Championship 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.91 at Singapore Cube Championship 2019.
- 10 Jun 2017First competition: ZUST Open 2017. A 22.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024
- Singapore Mofun & FIS Cubing 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Cube Championship 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
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.
- Lukas Shelley — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chongshun Li (李崇顺) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.