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Eddie Yao

2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021YAOE01

Eddie Yao has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at New Providence Spring PM 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,756th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since November 2021, he has put 722 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.63 in November 2021 to 10.02, a 43% improvement. Eddie has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.29
signature single · New Providence Spring PM 2026
722
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.294.88
top 7.0%2,756 / 40,951
3×310.0213.73
top 7.5%4,131 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.529.45
top 16.6%4,402 / 28,708
Skewb5.5510.34
top 22.3%3,559 / 18,907
Clock10.0911.76
top 25.5%1,958 / 8,927
Square-119.4223.78
top 26.6%1,745 / 6,743
4×454.721:03.38
top 30.4%4,782 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed26.5431.40
top 38.2%5,066 / 15,683
5×52:05.152:37.69
top 52.5%4,418 / 9,401
Megaminx2:14.66—
top 53.6%4,022 / 7,841
6×64:41.22—
top 77.5%3,081 / 4,196
7×77:18.797:38.00
early days — 3 solves2,629 / 3,184

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

Babylon Fall 2021: 17.63Empire State Winter B 2022: 15.84Maine Spring 2022: 13.99Saint John's Spring 2022: 12.86Empire State Spring 2022: 13.04Princeton Spring 2022: 14.35CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 11.76New York Championship 2022: 12.99East Brunswick Open 2022: 15.70Babylon Summer 2022: 13.16Empire State Fall 2022: 16.33West Chester Fall 2022: 14.73New York New Year 2023: 15.79Wilmington Warmup 2023: 10.02CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.80Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 13.58Parsippany Mini PM 2024: 13.60Penn Cube Day Spring 2024: 14.96South Jersey Speedsolving 2024: 14.45New Jersey Championship 2024: 14.17Newark Academy Spring 2024: 16.88Christmas City Cubing PA 2024: 11.72Pop Off Princeton 2025: 10.77PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 12.64Summit Summer 2025: 12.80Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025: 15.08New Providence Spring PM 2026: 14.5610.0217.6314 Nov 202118 Apr 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.