People · China
Rui Yang (杨芮)
2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YANG35
Rui Yang (杨芮) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 587th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2018, he has put 208 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.44 in April 2018 to 1.94, a 20% improvement. Rui has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 2.50 | top 4.4% | 587 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 5.97 | top 7.5% | 885 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.49 | 13.15 | top 8.9% | 3,492 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.87 | 30.90 | top 28.4% | 2,773 / 5,922 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.36 at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Beijing Open 2018. A 15.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
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 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Qingze Li (李庆泽) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.