People · China
Haoyu William Yan
3×3 · top 8.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022YANH01
Haoyu William Yan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,446th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2022, he has put 227 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.41 in June 2022 to 10.39, a 65% improvement. Haoyu has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 11.94 | top 8.7% | 3,446 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.37 | 3.97 | top 18.7% | 3,090 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.69 | 27.40 | top 28.0% | 2,783 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.32 | 10.64 | top 39.0% | 4,260 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.11 | 1:09.07 | top 39.8% | 3,919 / 5,999 | |
| Square-1 | 29.42 | 40.49 | top 48.4% | 832 / 1,373 | |
| Clock | 15.83 | — | top 51.2% | 1,222 / 1,887 | |
| Skewb | 9.61 | 11.64 | top 52.6% | 2,955 / 5,030 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.73 | — | top 62.1% | 1,483 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 748 / 1,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.42 | — | top 64.2% | 2,500 / 2,857 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025.
- 28 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 10 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.34 at Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lennon Hughes — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.