People · China
Boyuan Yang (杨博渊)
Pyraminx · top 1.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019YANB02
Boyuan Yang (杨博渊) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 151st in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2019, he has put 180 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.77 in August 2019 to 8.66, a 60% improvement. Boyuan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.15 | 2.79 | top 1.4% | 151 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 8.66 | 10.67 | top 4.1% | 1,547 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 5.85 | 6.12 | top 6.8% | 134 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 36.58 | 38.79 | top 8.3% | 853 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.66 | 21.45 | top 16.9% | 1,671 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.84 | 1:33.12 | top 21.4% | 1,028 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 5.29 | 7.61 | top 42.9% | 7,405 / 15,796 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 1 Jan 2020First sub-20 3×3: 16.47 at Xi'an New Year 2020.
- 1 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.36 at Xi'an New Year 2020.
- 1 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2020.
- 18 Aug 2019First competition: Ningxia Open 2019. A 21.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.