People · China
Ruoqian Yang (杨若谦)
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023YANR04
Ruoqian Yang (杨若谦) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.37, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 639th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2023, he has put 79 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.12 in December 2023 to 7.37, a 39% improvement. Ruoqian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.37 | 9.31 | top 1.8% | 639 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 5.17 | top 8.0% | 1,152 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.76 | 6.34 | top 11.7% | 1,407 / 10,224 |
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
- 23 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Winter 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 23 Dec 2023First competition: Changsha Open 2023. A 12.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luochen Liu (刘洛辰) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.