People · China
Jun Yao (姚俊)
3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016YAOJ01
Jun Yao (姚俊) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,563rd in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2016, he has put 85 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in July 2016 to 9.69, a 39% improvement. Jun has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.69 | 13.38 | top 6.6% | 2,563 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 6.34 | top 8.1% | 1,192 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 49.87 | 56.76 | top 24.5% | 2,612 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.74 | 9.38 | top 25.7% | 2,894 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.93 | 28.75 | top 28.6% | 2,789 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 11.69 | 13.44 | top 64.5% | 3,475 / 5,004 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Hefei Open 2025.
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.64 at Xi'an Open 2016.
- 15 Jul 2016First competition: Hefei Open 2016. A 15.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yixiang Gao (高翊翔) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.