People · China
Qihang Yang (杨齐航)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023YANG90
Qihang Yang (杨齐航) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.17, set at Wuhu Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 563rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2023, he has put 443 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.42 in November 2023 to 7.17, a 15% improvement. Qihang has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.17 | 8.35 | top 1.5% | 563 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.53 | 14.03 | top 2.4% | 213 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 3.71 | top 3.8% | 516 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 32.19 | 34.86 | top 4.4% | 437 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.26 | 5.02 | top 4.5% | 562 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.96 | 1:12.23 | top 10.3% | 521 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.22 | 1:13.65 | top 10.7% | 292 / 1,693 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 6.39 | top 14.0% | 858 / 5,030 | |
| 6×6 | 2:10.60 | 2:27.80 | top 15.8% | 355 / 1,363 | |
| Clock | 9.11 | 11.89 | top 20.4% | 464 / 1,887 | |
| 7×7 | 4:09.78 | 4:28.13 | top 34.3% | 674 / 1,274 |
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
- 29 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Yancheng Spring Open 2026.
- 19 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Deqing Spring 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Yancheng Open 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First competition: Hefei Winter Open 2023. A 8.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.