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Leon Zhihan Yang
3×3 · top 34.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022YANG20
Leon Zhihan Yang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.21, set at PBs in Phibblestown 2025, puts him in the top 34.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 486th in Ireland. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 55 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.73 in August 2022 to 18.21, a 46% improvement. Leon 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 | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.21 | 21.13 | top 34.8% | 486 / 1,465 | |
| 2×2 | 5.15 | 9.70 | top 41.2% | 519 / 1,190 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.36 | 1:28.95 | top 54.6% | 289 / 586 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.34 | 18.66 | top 74.7% | 738 / 924 | |
| Clock | 26.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 280 / 342 | |
| 5×5 | 3:06.88 | — | top 80.2% | 246 / 300 |
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
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.21 at PBs in Phibblestown 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 21.91 at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025.
- 21 Aug 2022First competition: Dublin Open Sunday 2022. A 33.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Meath for Speed 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Sunday 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
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.
- Mary Hennessy — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kelly — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Seán O'Toole — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.21 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.