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Stanley Yang
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018YANG09
Stanley Yang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Northern Tier Twist 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,722nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2018, he has put 373 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.21 in January 2018 to 9.00, a 32% improvement. Stanley has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.00 | 10.23 | top 4.9% | 2,722 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.40 | top 4.9% | 1,961 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 43.24 | 50.53 | top 16.1% | 2,438 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.96 | 21.43 | top 17.7% | 2,277 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.97 | 1:29.19 | top 25.5% | 1,759 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.30 | 1:42.37 | top 33.3% | 2,645 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.18 | 3:17.42 | top 44.0% | 1,625 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 8.91 | 13.34 | top 47.8% | 8,488 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.55 | 13.15 | top 57.2% | 16,760 / 28,708 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Northern Tier Twist 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pittsburgh Winter 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Fast in Fayette 2024.
- 8 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Brooklyn 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Brooklyn 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018.
Competitions
- Northern Tier Twist 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Steel City Sprint PA 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Tier Twist 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fast in Fayette 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- New York City Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
- Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
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.
- Dev Choksi — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Leia Jiang — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Chris Chi — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.