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Yuxuan Chen

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011CHEN54

Yuxuan Chen has been competing for 15 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.87, set at Washtenaw Spring 2024, puts her in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,484th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 114 competitions since December 2011, she has put 4,246 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in December 2011 to 7.87, a 55% improvement. Yuxuan has entered 114 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.87
signature single · Washtenaw Spring 2024
4,246
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.8710.61
top 2.6%1,484 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed12.5215.85
top 3.7%549 / 15,683
2×21.873.45
top 4.0%1,565 / 40,951
Skewb2.844.24
top 4.2%734 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.425.89
top 5.2%1,347 / 28,708
4×440.6245.01
top 12.8%1,899 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves38.33
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
Clock8.8211.06
top 19.1%1,454 / 8,927
Megaminx1:22.401:36.71
top 23.3%1,603 / 7,841
5×51:25.421:31.80
top 23.6%1,832 / 9,401
6×62:53.673:06.50
top 37.9%1,373 / 4,196
7×74:32.304:50.73
top 41.8%1,196 / 3,184
Square-138.2142.98
top 63.1%4,160 / 6,743

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

Ohio Fall 2011: 17.46Hillsdale Winter 2012: 17.00Hillsdale Winter 2013: 14.16New Albany 2013: 12.27Tree Town 2013: 13.63Leaf Town 2013: 13.03Hillsdale Fall 2013: 13.24Blizzard Town 2014: 12.50Fantastic Michigan Competition 2014: 12.46Michigan May Madness 2014: 13.18Indiana 2014: 12.06Michigan Mystery 2014: 12.70Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 11.62Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2015: 11.88Dayton 2015: 11.60Michigan 2015: 11.89US Nationals 2015: 12.08MCC Gamma 2015: 11.05Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 10.97Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 11.86Summit City Open 2016: 10.22Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 11.96Indiana 2016: 12.12Michigan 2016: 11.01Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 11.67Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016: 11.12Dayton Winter 2017: 10.86Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 11.24Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 10.99Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 10.70CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.32Petoskey Cubing 2017: 11.16Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017: 10.23Shaker Fall 2017: 10.67Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 11.26Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 10.89CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 10.55Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018: 12.78Michigan 2018: 12.06Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 10.90Imagination Station 2018: 8.82Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 10.35Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 11.97Battle for Toledo 2019: 10.633rd Coast Cubing 2019: 11.44Michigan 2019: 10.49Indiana 2019: 10.37Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019: 11.12Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 10.35Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 11.35Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 11.28Imagination Station A 2023: 10.71Washtenaw Winter 2023: 11.01Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 10.68Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023: 9.68Michigan Mini 4 2023: 9.72Michigan Mini 5 2023: 11.19Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 9.78Little Giant Open 2023: 10.05Michigan 2023: 11.54CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.82Washtenaw Slow Summer 2023: 10.94Michigan Mini 7 2023: 10.86Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 11.31Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 10.84Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024: 10.66Washtenaw Winter 2024: 11.29Washtenaw Newcomers 2024: 10.01Michigan Mini 17 2024: 10.08Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 10.21Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 9.91Washtenaw Spring 2024: 7.87Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 10.51Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 10.17Michigan Mini 22 2024: 11.57Washtenaw Summer 2024: 8.72Washtenaw Fall 2024: 9.18Washtenaw Mini 2 2024: 10.18Washtenaw Mini 3 2024: 8.85Imagination Station A 2025: 10.96Washtenaw Winter 2025: 8.94Bowling Green 2025: 9.46Washtenaw Spring 2025: 12.31Plymouth Puzzle-Off 2025: 9.36Michigan Mini 33 2025: 10.58Michigan Championship 2025: 10.22Michigan Mini 34 2025: 11.20Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025: 10.59Michigan Mini 36 2025: 8.34Michigan Mini 37 2025: 11.58Bowling Green Fall 2025: 11.40Michigan Medium 2025: 10.62Michigan Mini 39 2026: 9.41Bowling Green Spring 2026: 9.43Michigan Mini 41 2026: 10.23Michigan Mini 43 2026: 9.457.8717.4610 Dec 20117 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as she improves.