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Yu Chen (陈瑜)

3×3 · top 24.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009CHEN36

Yu Chen (陈瑜) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.96, set at China Tourism Day 2012, puts him in the top 24.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,189th in China. Across 7 competitions since August 2009, he has put 94 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.43 in August 2009 to 4.85, a 25% improvement. Yu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.96
signature single · China Tourism Day 2012
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.9617.64
top 24.3%9,189 / 28,153
2×24.855.74
top 37.4%6,448 / 15,796
Pyraminx11.7917.99
top 65.9%6,658 / 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

Beijing Summer Open 2009: 6.43Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 5.00Beijing Summer Open 2011: 5.02China Tourism Day 2012: 4.85Shanghai Summer 2012: 4.94Beijing Summer 2012: 5.054.856.4316 Aug 200912 Aug 2012

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.96 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.