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Colton Yu
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023YUCO01
Colton Yu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,316th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2023, he has put 109 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.62 in June 2023 to 8.68, a 31% improvement. Colton has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.68 | 10.05 | top 4.1% | 2,316 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 3.73 | top 8.2% | 3,242 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 8.75 | top 18.7% | 4,987 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.52 | 9.45 | top 37.6% | 6,429 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 22.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,244 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:08.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,402 / 15,683 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.68 at Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025.
- 29 Jun 2023First competition: Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023. A 12.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023 · 29 Jun 2023
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Bois — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.