People · China
Yuchen Jin (金宇晨)
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,161st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 92 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 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 five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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% | 3,161 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 42.77 | 49.44 | top 15.5% | 1,674 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.42 | top 23.9% | 3,986 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.85 | 12.38 | top 26.6% | 2,978 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.72 | — | top 31.3% | 1,415 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 7.73 | 9.79 | top 39.3% | 2,338 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,247 / 5,922 |
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
- 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.
- Yichen Ye (叶逸晨) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yiqin Sun (孙弋钦) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.