People · United States
Kevin Yu
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YUKE01
Kevin Yu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.60, set at DFW Cubing Fall 2022, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,524th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2018, he has put 170 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.83 in April 2018 to 9.60, a 49% improvement. Kevin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 10.79 | top 6.4% | 3,524 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.31 | 9.52 | top 9.2% | 2,391 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 39.63 | 45.38 | top 11.7% | 1,730 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.43 | 1:22.71 | top 12.6% | 972 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 4.60 | 8.14 | top 15.2% | 2,389 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.45 | 1:33.14 | top 20.2% | 1,386 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 4.48 | top 20.3% | 7,971 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.28 | 36.74 | top 29.5% | 3,820 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 27.76 | 42.35 | top 45.1% | 2,933 / 6,743 |
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
- 7 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing For Water Winter 2023.
- 23 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.60 at DFW Cubing Fall 2022.
- 23 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at DFW Cubing Fall 2022.
- 27 Apr 2018First competition: CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018. A 18.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing For Water Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Houston Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018 · 27 Apr 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.
- Riley Norrid — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.