People · United States
Lemuel Yi
3×3 · top 0.91% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025YILE02
Lemuel Yi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.55, set at Florida Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.91% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 581st in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 119 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.56 in August 2025 to 6.55, a 43% improvement. Lemuel 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.55 | 7.32 | top 0.91% | 581 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.76 | 3.23 | top 3.4% | 1,349 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.92 | 15.82 | top 8.1% | 1,087 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 40.98 | 45.32 | top 13.3% | 2,011 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 6.79 | top 20.0% | 5,455 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 15.48 | 18.19 | top 49.9% | 4,182 / 9,172 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Six personal bests in one day at Florida Championship 2026.
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Zephyr Cube Bash 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025First competition: Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025. A 13.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Florida Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Eddie Artze — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kellan Butler — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jackson Lewis — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.