People · China
Yu Chen (陈宇)
2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014CHEN22
Yu Chen (陈宇) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,000th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2014, he has put 625 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.77 in July 2014 to 2.30, a 39% improvement. Yu has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 3.03 | top 7.0% | 1,000 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.04 | 13.76 | top 14.0% | 5,535 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 7.26 | top 14.4% | 1,701 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 34.33 | top 17.4% | 183 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.64 | 30.26 | top 27.8% | 2,720 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 53.88 | 1:05.04 | top 29.4% | 3,031 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.26 | 2:24.90 | top 56.2% | 2,261 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:48.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,051 / 1,183 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2015.
- 26 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.21 at Tianjin University Open 2015.
- 12 Jul 2014First competition: Suzhou Open 2014. A 19.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weihai Open 2026 · 5 Jul 2026
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Zibo Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017
- Huaibei Open 2017 · 21 May 2017
- Weihai Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Weifang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Linyi Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016
- Weihai Open 2016 · 15 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
- Qingdao Open 2016 · 20 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2015 · 15 Nov 2015
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015
- Qinhuangdao Open 2015 · 16 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin University Open 2015 · 26 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- AnHui University Open 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014
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.
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 17 times · head to head
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Jiaqi Liu (刘家琦) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 45 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.