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Eric Yu

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023YUER01

Eric Yu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at Fort Lee Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 873rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2023, he has put 612 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.25 in November 2023 to 7.69, a 55% improvement. Eric has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.51
signature single · Fort Lee Summer 2025
612
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.512.05
top 2.2%873 / 40,951
3×37.699.47
top 2.3%1,332 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.526.18
top 5.5%1,437 / 28,708
4×434.6041.33
top 6.3%978 / 19,072
5×51:03.511:13.46
top 7.5%591 / 9,401
Square-111.5515.30
top 8.9%640 / 6,743
Clock8.349.77
top 16.8%1,279 / 8,927
6×62:15.412:21.27
top 18.2%643 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed19.2326.38
top 18.4%2,377 / 15,683
Skewb5.677.88
top 23.2%3,722 / 18,907
Megaminx1:34.201:40.57
top 30.8%2,172 / 7,841
7×74:56.615:08.10
early days — 3 solves1,439 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded7:14.48—
early days — 1 solve1,932 / 2,092

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 2023: 17.25Parsippany Mini PM 2024: 13.16PBs in Palisades 2024: 12.43NYU Winter 2024: 11.93Spring into Summit 2024: 10.57North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024: 11.38New Jersey Championship 2024: 10.93Christmas City Cubing PA 2024: 9.20Cubing-on-Hudson PM 2024: 10.40Rutgers Winter 2025: 9.21PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 9.55Liberty Science Center Open B 2025: 8.84Summit Summer 2025: 8.61Fort Lee Summer 2025: 8.57Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025: 7.69Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 8.64Fort Lee Winter 2026: 7.94New Providence Spring PM 2026: 7.937.6917.2518 Nov 202318 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.