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Dana Yi

3×3 · top 0.12% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010YIDA01

Dana Yi has been competing for 16 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.98, set at Princeton Fall 2023, puts her in the top 0.12% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 135 competitions since November 2010, she has put 5,745 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 31.30 in November 2010 to 4.98, an 84% improvement. Dana has entered 135 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.12% of 284,439 all-time
4.98
signature single · Princeton Fall 2023
5,745
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.987.23
top 0.12%80 / 59,724
4×424.7728.90
top 0.64%110 / 19,072
5×547.6155.79
top 1.2%100 / 9,401
Megaminx41.3947.56
top 2.0%141 / 7,841
6×61:32.811:39.77
top 2.4%91 / 4,196
7×72:23.002:32.68
top 2.7%72 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed12.2117.12
top 3.3%501 / 15,683
Pyraminx3.115.90
top 4.0%1,073 / 28,708
2×22.003.10
top 4.7%1,891 / 40,951
Square-111.4419.39
top 8.7%624 / 6,743
Clock6.508.21
top 9.1%711 / 8,927
Skewb4.747.59
top 16.2%2,557 / 18,907

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

Princeton Fall 2010: 31.30Princeton Fall 2011: 16.22Jersey Shore Open 2012: 11.83Princeton Fall 2012: 11.50Levittown Open 2012: 11.46Princeton Winter 2014: 10.40Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 9.61Manhasset Fall 2015: 8.38Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 8.34Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 8.26Manhasset Spring 2016: 8.66Severna Park Spring 2016: 8.52Big Apple Spring 2016: 7.46Cube For A Cure Spring 2016: 7.97Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 7.70New York City Summer 2016: 6.99Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 7.70Princeton Fall 2016: 7.24Severna Park Fall 2016: 7.75Clifton Winter 2017: 7.59Rockville Winter 2017: 7.42Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 7.49Ledgewood Winter Open 2017: 7.42WPI Winter Cube Day 2017: 7.16New York City Winter 2017: 6.44Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 7.72Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 8.46Big Cube Bash 2017: 6.75Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 8.44Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 5.37CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 6.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.09Severna Park Summer 2017: 7.72Princeton Fall 2017: 7.49Maryland 2017: 7.10UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 6.27Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 7.50New York City Winter 2018: 7.91Penn Cube Day Winter 2018: 6.68Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 7.12Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 5.82CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 8.29Rutgers Spring 2018: 6.99No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 6.74Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 6.59North Plainfield Open 2018: 7.23CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 7.03New Hope Open Spring 2018: 7.58Maryland 2018: 7.31First State 2018: 6.89WCA European Championship 2018: 8.09CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.95Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 6.84Princeton Fall 2018: 7.49Fall Foliage Cubing 2018: 7.87Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 7.20CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 6.86Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 7.57New Hope Open Winter 2019: 8.02Princeton Winter 2019: 7.07CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 6.85Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 6.98Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 7.07River Hill Spring 2019: 7.04Richmond Spring 2019: 8.33Warm Up Sydney 2019: 7.57WCA World Championship 2019: 7.04CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.04Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 7.27Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 7.60Brooklyn Fall 2019: 7.54No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 7.53Scranton Scramble 2020: 7.77Princeton Winter 2020: 7.39Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 7.35Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 7.09Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 7.11Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 7.30Princeton Spring 2022: 6.89CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 6.75Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 6.22New York Championship 2022: 7.13Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 6.56East Brunswick Open 2022: 7.16Pretzel Mania 2022: 6.47Princeton Fall 2022: 6.69Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 6.86River Hill Fall 2022: 5.81West Chester Fall 2022: 6.93Crystal City Winter 2023: 6.96Pretzel Mania 2023: 6.69Penn Cube Day Spring 2023: 7.10Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 7.05South Jersey Speedsolving 2023: 6.38GCU Spring 2023: 7.29Wilmington Warmup 2023: 6.48Warwick Cube Day 2023: 6.85CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 6.28CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.73Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.76Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 6.07Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 6.73River Hill Fall 2023: 6.40Princeton Fall 2023: 4.98Manhattan Mini B 2023: 7.09GCU Winter 2024: 6.16Parsippany Mini PM 2024: 5.72Penn Cube Day Spring 2024: 5.66South Jersey Speedsolving 2024: 7.10Spring into Summit 2024: 6.08New Jersey Championship 2024: 6.90Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 7.07Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 6.42Penn Cube Day Fall 2024: 6.73Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 6.50Pop Off Princeton 2025: 7.38Rutgers Winter 2025: 6.73Penn Cube Day Spring 2025: 6.88NYU Spring 2025: 7.27Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.92Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 6.14CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 6.33Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025: 6.46Penn Cube Day Fall 2025: 6.64Liberty Science Center Open A 2026: 6.79RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026: 6.57King of Prussia Summer 2026: 7.654.9831.306 Nov 201025 Jul 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.77 away.

Targets move as she improves.