People · United Kingdom
Gene Ming Yang
2×2 · top 8.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023YANG42
Gene Ming Yang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Wiltshire March 2024, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 598th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2023, he has put 472 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in August 2023 to 10.47, a 22% improvement. Gene has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.36 | top 8.9% | 598 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 10.47 | 12.69 | top 8.9% | 646 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 44.73 | 50.01 | top 18.0% | 418 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.61 | 1:47.85 | top 32.0% | 424 / 1,167 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.64 | 11.71 | top 41.8% | 1,721 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 8.39 | 11.11 | top 44.3% | 1,053 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.60 | 37.88 | top 48.1% | 853 / 1,861 | |
| Square-1 | 36.03 | 54.57 | top 60.0% | 506 / 789 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.94 | — | early days — 3 solves | 732 / 998 | |
| 7×7 | 5:43.26 | 6:23.05 | early days — 3 solves | 312 / 463 | |
| 6×6 | 3:55.29 | 4:01.95 | early days — 3 solves | 388 / 560 | |
| Clock | 20.04 | 27.61 | top 64.8% | 835 / 1,255 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at York Summer 2026.
- 1 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at South Wales Summer 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Belfast Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- York Summer 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- South Wales Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chichester Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Belfast Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Hugo Feng Yang — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Billie Hammill — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Stringer — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.