People · Australia
Ankang Yu
3×3 · top 9.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025YUAN07
Ankang Yu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Belgrave Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 869th in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2025, he has put 115 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.64 in July 2025 to 10.73, a 39% improvement. Ankang has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.73 | 11.61 | top 9.7% | 869 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 4.13 | 5.67 | top 28.2% | 2,229 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.23 | — | top 62.4% | 1,796 / 3,108 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Belgrave Open 2026.
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First competition: Spark Melbourne July 2025. A 20.50 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.64 at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
Competitions
- Belgrave Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026 · 23 May 2026
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Peter Au — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicholas Allen Crow — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jonah Asher Preiss Walker — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.