People · China
Yuchen Jin (金宇晨)
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025JINY01
Yuchen Jin (金宇晨) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.21, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,237th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2025, he has put 128 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.26 in January 2025 to 10.21, a 23% improvement. Yuchen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.21 | 12.18 | top 8.1% | 3,237 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 42.77 | 49.41 | top 15.5% | 1,709 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.01 | 1:32.45 | top 18.5% | 907 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.42 | top 24.0% | 4,047 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 6.02 | 9.79 | top 26.0% | 1,625 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.85 | 11.18 | top 26.6% | 3,016 / 10,269 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 977 / 1,363 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,317 / 5,994 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Beijing Winter 2025. A 13.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiqin Sun (孙弋钦) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.