People · United States
Isaiah Yu
Pyraminx · top 8.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024YUIS01
Isaiah Yu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.23, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,315th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 268 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.10 in August 2024 to 10.90, a 28% improvement. Isaiah has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.23 | 6.97 | top 8.8% | 2,315 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.90 | 12.47 | top 10.2% | 5,605 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 5.41 | top 14.6% | 5,821 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 6.87 | top 16.9% | 2,697 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.20 | 24.56 | top 21.1% | 2,731 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 19.63 | 27.13 | top 27.2% | 1,802 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 12.82 | 13.54 | top 38.8% | 3,160 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.42 | 2:24.23 | top 50.0% | 3,792 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.26 | 1:21.75 | top 51.0% | 8,729 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.89 | 3:13.16 | top 51.2% | 4,365 / 9,537 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at Warm Up Seattle 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Kent Summer 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Tacoma Summer 2024. A 15.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City OR 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Kent Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Battle Ground 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Warmup for Worlds Olympia 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
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.
- Gabriel Goit — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tripp Peters — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adhiyan Kumaresan — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.