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Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬)

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011CHAN10

Zhiyang Chen (陈至扬) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.51, set at Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 709th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since July 2011, he has put 1,332 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.18 in July 2011 to 7.51, a 38% improvement. Zhiyang has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.51
signature single · Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021
1,332
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.5110.06
top 2.0%709 / 28,153
4×429.1334.16
top 2.3%220 / 5,926
2×21.802.64
top 3.6%474 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed12.4617.03
top 3.6%315 / 5,922
Pyraminx3.305.45
top 4.7%561 / 10,224
Square-112.0717.83
top 10.1%155 / 1,362
5×51:08.691:10.57
top 10.7%531 / 2,816
Megaminx1:10.051:16.17
top 15.6%457 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded1:43.592:16.89
top 27.9%383 / 1,183
Skewb6.818.95
top 32.2%1,965 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.67
top 33.6%369 / 1,058
6×62:54.773:08.64
top 38.4%778 / 1,349
7×74:39.965:05.48
top 44.5%819 / 1,261
Clock18.3021.03
top 59.7%1,353 / 1,843
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:10—
early days — 2 solves178 / 278
4×4 blindfolded16:12.00—
early days — 2 solves134 / 149

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

Xiamen Open 2011: 12.18Xining Summer Open 2011: 12.11Changsha Open 2011: 11.71Human Rights Day 2011: 12.53Hefei Spring 2012: 11.59Changsha Spring 2012: 11.81Shanghai Summer 2012: 11.44Guiyang Open 2012: 11.41Wuhan Open 2012: 11.32Zhejiang University 2013: 10.18Hefei Open 2013: 8.58Nanchang Open 2013: 9.35Zhejiang University Open 2014: 9.16Huizhou Open 2014: 9.66Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 10.02Nanchang Open 2015: 9.51China Championship 2015: 9.58Shantou Open 2016: 9.37Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 9.62Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 8.97GDSY Open 2019: 9.27Dongguan Spring 2019: 8.39Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 9.73 Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020: 7.92Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021: 8.99Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 7.517.5112.5316 Jul 201128 Mar 2021

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.