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Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民)

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017YANR02

Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Beijing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 111 competitions since September 2017, he has put 3,184 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.26 in September 2017 to 6.98, a 54% improvement. Ruimin has entered 111 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.98
signature single · Beijing Summer 2025
3,184
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.989.62
top 1.3%459 / 28,153
Skewb2.105.40
top 1.6%74 / 5,004
2×21.843.25
top 3.8%504 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed14.6417.60
top 7.4%711 / 5,922
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves33.00
top 9.9%98 / 1,058
Pyraminx4.466.50
top 10.0%1,188 / 10,224
4×439.9846.05
top 12.1%1,300 / 5,926
Square-114.4622.73
top 15.2%230 / 1,362
5×51:16.431:32.71
top 16.4%798 / 2,816
Megaminx1:11.391:20.01
top 16.5%494 / 1,678
Clock10.3412.74
top 26.8%616 / 1,843
7×73:53.134:03.50
top 28.2%556 / 1,261
6×62:42.092:48.78
top 31.9%682 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded2:02.172:57.40
top 34.1%485 / 1,183
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 48:28—
top 46.4%127 / 278

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

Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 15.26China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 14.46Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 12.09Beijing Open 2018: 11.73Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 13.66Tangshan Open 2018: 13.45Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 12.80CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 11.36Northern Neck Winter 2019: 12.28Boston University Winter 2019: 11.30North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 12.00Salem Cube Trials 2019: 11.55Princeton Winter 2019: 12.89CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 12.82Florida 2019: 11.02Virginia Qualifier 2019: 10.24Kunming Open 2019: 10.51Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 10.94Warm Up Canberra 2019: 11.52Warm Up Sydney 2019: 9.93WCA World Championship 2019: 11.39China Championship 2019: 11.35CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.65Michigan 2019: 10.22Brooklyn Fall 2019: 10.68TJHSST Fall 2019: 10.19Florida Winter Break 2019: 9.91No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 11.02Northern Neck Winter 2020: 10.66Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 10.28Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 10.38Luoyang Spring 2024: 9.26Xuzhou Open 2024: 10.54Shenyang Spring 2024: 10.61Kunshan Open 2024: 10.95Nanchang Spring 2024: 10.30Zibo Open 2024: 9.98Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024: 10.92Johor Cube Open 2024: 9.99Dandong Yalu River Open 2024: 9.49Chengdu Summer 2024: 10.17Xi'an Open 2024: 11.51Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 9.46Dalian Open 2024: 9.47Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 9.49Guilin Open 2024: 9.49Harbin Open 2024: 9.75Zhengzhou Open 2024: 9.86Hangzhou Open 2024: 8.89Yancheng Open 2024: 9.06Beijing Winter 2025: 9.07Chongqing New Year 2025: 8.49Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 9.18Linhai Newcomers 2025: 10.13Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 8.62Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 9.09Shenyang Spring 2025: 10.32Nanchang Spring 2025: 9.34NxN in Hanoi 2025: 8.77Beijing Summer 2025: 6.98Lishui Open 2025: 8.04Yancheng Open 2025: 10.22Zhuhai Open 2025: 9.75Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025: 9.79Singapore Mofunland Cruise 2025: 9.68Taizhou Open 2025: 7.52Zibo Open 2025: 10.77Ningbo Autumn 2025: 9.34Guilin Open 2025: 11.00Hefei Open 2025: 10.80Xi'an Autumn 2025: 9.58Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 8.72Xuzhou Open 2025: 10.20Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 9.36Hangzhou Winter 2025: 9.48Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 10.17Beijing Winter 2026: 9.87Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 8.81Xianju NxN 2026: 10.47Beijing Spring Open 2026: 11.38Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 10.72Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 9.41Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 9.61Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 8.82Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 8.98Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026: 10.14Hangzhou Open 2026: 10.13Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026: 10.21Huanggang Open 2026: 10.23Hefei Cubing League 3x3 III 2026: 7.99Weihai Open 2026: 11.33Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026: 9.43Nanchang Summer 2026: 9.96Jiajiang Open 2026: 9.31Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 10.21Maoming Open 2026: 10.28Zhanjiang Open 2026: 10.31Fuzhou Summer 2026: 9.136.9815.2617 Sep 201723 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.