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Ziyue Chen (陈子悦)

Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017CHEZ05

Ziyue Chen (陈子悦) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.79, set at Nanjing Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in China. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since July 2017, he has put 645 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.33 in July 2017 to 8.96, a 51% improvement. Ziyue has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.79
signature single · Nanjing Autumn 2019
645
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.794.05
top 3.0%348 / 10,224
3×38.9613.04
top 4.8%1,817 / 28,153
Skewb3.035.67
top 5.1%282 / 5,004
Clock5.796.67
top 6.6%129 / 1,843
2×22.484.77
top 8.7%1,285 / 15,796
Megaminx1:02.331:06.71
top 11.2%304 / 1,678
4×439.6847.93
top 11.7%1,252 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed17.0022.30
top 12.6%1,232 / 5,922
5×51:22.401:32.40
top 21.0%1,007 / 2,816
7×73:48.433:54.64
top 26.6%534 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves39.00
top 30.0%322 / 1,058
6×62:51.492:55.39
top 36.8%762 / 1,349
Square-127.0929.44
top 43.7%751 / 1,362
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 37:37—
early days — 1 solve124 / 278
3×3 blindfolded2:36.89—
top 45.4%647 / 1,183

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

Quanzhou Open 2017: 18.33Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 14.70Beijing Open 2018: 16.02Dalian Open 2018: 13.94Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 13.74Longyan Open 2018: 13.94Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 8.96Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 14.25Tangshan Open 2019: 11.39Beijing Summer 2019: 13.37Longyan Open 2019: 11.82China Championship 2019: 10.74Jieyang Open 2019: 13.06Quanzhou Open 2019: 12.08Shandong Open 2019: 12.45Tianjin Autumn 2019: 11.48Nanjing Autumn 2019: 11.96Beijing Winter 2019: 13.19NEU Open 2019: 11.77Jieyang Winter 2020: 11.69Chongqing Open 2023: 11.57Zhengzhou Open 2024: 13.488.9618.332 Jul 20178 Dec 2024

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.