People · China
Mengyu Yao (姚孟妤)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025YAOM01
Mengyu Yao (姚孟妤) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 I 2026, puts her in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,357th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2025, she has put 22 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.91 in September 2025 to 8.44, a 39% improvement. Mengyu has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.44 | 9.15 | top 3.6% | 1,357 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.94 | 5.37 | top 38.6% | 6,661 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,298 / 10,224 |
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
- 17 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 I 2026.
- 21 Sep 2025First competition: Shenyang Autumn 2025. A 13.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 I 2026 · 17 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025
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.
- Yuheng Wu (吴雨衡) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yanru Sun (孙琰茹) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yunmiao Gao (高云淼) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as she improves.