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Putian Ye (叶溥天)

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021YEPU01

Putian Ye (叶溥天) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at Geelong Winter 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since April 2021, he has put 2,720 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.52 in April 2021 to 6.98, a 62% improvement. Putian has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.25
signature single · Geelong Winter 2024
2,720
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.252.64
top 1.2%136 / 15,796
3×36.989.15
top 1.3%459 / 28,153
Square-17.069.34
top 1.9%27 / 1,362
Skewb2.284.38
top 2.2%107 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves28.67
top 3.0%37 / 1,058
4×430.3733.25
top 3.0%301 / 5,926
Pyraminx3.054.00
top 3.8%456 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded30.1540.00
top 4.2%71 / 1,183
Clock5.096.07
top 4.7%86 / 1,843
3×3 one-handed13.4016.37
top 5.1%464 / 5,922
5×51:06.731:14.45
top 9.5%462 / 2,816
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 11 cubes · 48:18—
top 13.8%41 / 278
Megaminx1:09.781:17.36
top 15.5%454 / 1,678
4×4 blindfolded4:46.20—
top 20.3%39 / 149
6×62:38.352:42.53
top 29.9%637 / 1,349
7×73:59.984:32.42
top 30.7%602 / 1,261
5×5 blindfolded29:11.00—
early days — 1 solve86 / 95

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

Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 18.52Melbourne Summer 2022: 14.42Solving in Sale 2022: 13.06Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 13.30Victorian Open 2022: 11.78Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022: 13.42Australian Nationals 2022: 12.72Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 11.99Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 10.77Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.90Melbourne Summer 2023: 10.92Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 10.61Apollo Bay Cubing 2023: 9.46St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 9.11Geelong Winter 2023: 9.90Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 9.43Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023: 8.80Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 8.16Australian Nationals 2023: 9.58The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 8.13Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 7.87Mildura Madness 2023: 7.88New Zealand Nationals 2023: 8.59Melbourne Summer 2024: 9.31Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 7.90Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 6.98Australian Nationals 2024: 8.93The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 8.90Geelong Winter 2024: 8.06Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024: 7.11Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 9.69Melbourne Summer 2025: 7.82Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 8.54Solving in Sale 2025: 7.25VIC State Championship 2025: 7.87Spark Melbourne July 2025: 8.17Australian Nationals 2025: 8.99New Zealand Nationals 2025: 8.48Melbourne Summer 2026: 8.17Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 8.03West Melbourne Open 2026: 9.81Australian Nationals 2026: 7.886.9818.5217 Apr 20219 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.