People · Canada
Michael Yuan
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023YUAN01
Michael Yuan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.71, set at Pickering Favourites Fall 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since February 2023, he has put 298 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.82 in February 2023 to 7.71, a 48% improvement. Michael has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.71 | 9.71 | top 2.3% | 231 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 38.76 | 43.65 | top 10.6% | 249 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.72 | 20.99 | top 14.4% | 309 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.36 | 5.99 | top 15.5% | 614 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 3.90 | top 18.3% | 1,211 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 17.52 | 20.77 | top 85.2% | 2,513 / 2,907 | |
| Square-1 | 1:22.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 879 / 952 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Favourites Fall 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Brantford Fall 2025.
- 24 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.06 at Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First competition: Waterloo Favourites A 2023. A 14.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Kawartha Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mississauga Newcomers A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Mini Morning 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Thornhill Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Fall A 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guelph 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
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.
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Morgan Yeh — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.