People · China
Yuchen Fan (范于宸)
Square-1 · top 0.85% of 25,662 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025FANY02
Yuchen Fan (范于宸) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.06, set at Jiajiang Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in China. Until May 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2025, he has put 194 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.67 in November 2025 to 6.79, a 30% improvement. Yuchen 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 6.06 | 8.62 | top 0.85% | 15 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 | 6.79 | 8.17 | top 1.1% | 416 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.51 | 15.17 | top 5.3% | 501 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 3.46 | top 12.3% | 1,942 / 15,939 |
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
- 5 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 2 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Foshan Open 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026.
- 23 Nov 2025First competition: Nanchang Winter 2025. A 12.24 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Nanchang Winter 2025.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2026 · 19 Jun 2026
- Quanzhou Summer 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 210 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.