People · United States
Edwin Yitian Gao
3×3 · top 24.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023GAOE02
Edwin Yitian Gao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.11, set at Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025, puts him in the top 24.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,485th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 74 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.43 in January 2023 to 15.11, a 33% improvement. Edwin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 15.11 | 16.11 | top 24.8% | 13,485 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 5.35 | top 29.7% | 11,791 / 40,951 |
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
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.77 at FSUbers 4.0 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Pegasus 2023. A 22.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 4.0 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 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.
- Avi Jain — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sean Hartman — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Porter — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.