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Jiayue Yuan (袁嘉跃)

3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017YUAN13

Jiayue Yuan (袁嘉跃) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.71, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts her in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,753rd in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, she has put 70 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.05 in December 2017 to 10.71, a 24% improvement. Jiayue has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.71
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.7111.91
top 9.6%3,753 / 28,153
2×23.125.74
top 15.6%2,498 / 15,796
4×449.5353.18
top 24.1%2,570 / 5,926
5×51:34.68
early days — 2 solves1,413 / 2,816
Skewb6.8416.12
top 32.4%1,979 / 5,004
Pyraminx10.1113.24
top 53.9%5,623 / 10,224
7×75:29.83
early days — 1 solve1,002 / 1,261
3×3 one-handed37.24
early days — 3 solves4,936 / 5,922
6×63:54.28
early days — 1 solve1,118 / 1,349

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

Dalian Winter 2017: 14.05Dalian Open 2018: 12.43Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 10.71Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 11.0610.7114.053 Dec 201724 Aug 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as she improves.