People · China
Jianming Yang (杨剑鸣)
5×5 · top 5.3% of 40,792 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018YANG12
Jianming Yang (杨剑鸣) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 59.64, set at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 249th in China. Until October 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2018, he has put 100 official solves on the record across seven events. His 5×5 best has come down from 2:01.46 in April 2018 to 59.64, a 51% improvement. Jianming has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 59.64 | 1:04.94 | top 5.3% | 249 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 3:14.30 | 3:33.87 | top 14.6% | 289 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 | 12.39 | 14.66 | top 15.2% | 5,996 / 28,153 | |
| 6×6 | 2:10.91 | 2:15.19 | top 15.7% | 341 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 6.58 | top 17.3% | 2,791 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 55.26 | — | top 31.0% | 3,141 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.10 | 13.24 | top 61.2% | 6,279 / 10,224 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025.
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.97 at Beijing Open 2018.
- 28 Jan 2018First competition: Fushun Open 2018. A 21.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 9.64 away.
- A sub-3:00 7×7 single — 1,507 people have one; it is 14.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.