People · Chinese Taipei
Yu-Ru Chen (陳禹儒)
2×2 · top 3.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016CHEY11
Yu-Ru Chen (陳禹儒) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at Taiwan Championship 2017, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2016, he has put 211 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.39 in October 2016 to 11.88, a 17% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 3.63 | top 3.3% | 79 / 1,671 | |
| 3×3 | 11.88 | 14.69 | top 13.6% | 837 / 4,369 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.99 | 10.14 | top 20.0% | 304 / 1,017 | |
| 4×4 | 52.66 | 58.82 | top 28.1% | 519 / 1,079 | |
| Skewb | 7.13 | 9.73 | top 34.8% | 328 / 700 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 580 / 805 | |
| Square-1 | 33.48 | 40.34 | top 56.0% | 213 / 323 |
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
- 29 Oct 2016First competition: Taiwan Championship 2016. A 15.68 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Taiwan Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Summer Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.