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Yu Chen (陈宇)

Pyraminx · top 29.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017CHEY05

Yu Chen (陈宇) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.19, set at Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018, puts her in the top 29.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,249th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2017, she has put 90 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 15.05 in July 2017 to 7.19, a 52% improvement. Yu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 29.4% of 129,321 all-time
7.19
signature single · Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018
90
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx7.198.48
top 29.4%3,249 / 10,224
3×318.3422.39
top 35.1%12,512 / 28,153
Skewb10.4813.03
top 57.9%3,192 / 5,004
2×26.998.65
top 60.4%10,139 / 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

Longyan Summer Open 2017: 15.05Nanjing Spring 2018: 8.34You May Open 2018: 7.71Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 7.197.1915.059 Jul 201719 May 2018

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.34 away.

Targets move as she improves.