People · New Zealand
Hansen Yu
2×2 · top 1.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026YUHA01
Hansen Yu has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2026, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.96 in January 2026 to 10.38, a 20% improvement. Hansen has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 5.45 | top 1.5% | 57 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 | 10.38 | 12.88 | top 8.6% | 193 / 2,145 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.73 | 26.46 | top 30.8% | 165 / 607 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.72 | 1:31.01 | top 59.0% | 418 / 745 |
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
- 16 Jan 2026First competition: A New Year in Auckland 2026. A 14.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2026 · 16 Jan 2026 — 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.
- Yuki Gao — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vira Huang (黃翎溱) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jerry Jiang — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.