People · China
Zhaoyuan Chen (陈钊远)
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024CHEZ05
Zhaoyuan Chen (陈钊远) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at Yancheng Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,375th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2024, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. Zhaoyuan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.46 | 10.46 | top 3.7% | 1,375 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 3.88 | top 10.9% | 1,673 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.09 | 14.25 | top 20.7% | 2,358 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.80 | 26.24 | top 22.7% | 2,263 / 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
- 21 Dec 2024First competition: Yancheng Open 2024. A 8.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
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.
- Yuxuan Wang (王语萱) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yaxing Wang (王亚兴) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.