People · United States
Sophie Yau
3×3 · top 4.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024YAUS01
Sophie Yau has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.66, set at Only Odds in Minnesota 2026, puts her in the top 4.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,339th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2024, she has put 215 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.76 in May 2024 to 8.66, a 62% improvement. Sophie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.66 | 10.57 | top 4.1% | 2,339 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 6.38 | top 11.4% | 1,787 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.91 | 9.67 | top 12.6% | 3,352 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.00 | top 13.8% | 5,513 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 54.85 | 1:00.07 | top 30.7% | 4,891 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.07 | 32.01 | top 37.1% | 4,998 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,859 / 9,537 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.99 at Cubetcha MN 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.64 at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
Competitions
- Only Odds in Minnesota 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 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 her.
- Bennett Rule — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Tyler Robinson — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaius Young — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as she improves.