People · China
Taiji Yi (易泰基)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018YITA01
Taiji Yi (易泰基) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2018, he has put 374 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.16 in July 2018 to 9.22, a 43% improvement. Taiji has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 one-handed | 9.77 | 12.80 | top 0.9% | 76 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 10.11 | top 5.4% | 2,081 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.09 | top 6.2% | 878 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 26 moves | 30.67 | top 6.2% | 60 / 1,058 | |
| 4×4 | 35.94 | 40.94 | top 7.6% | 781 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 46.34 | 1:16.34 | top 8.7% | 135 / 1,183 | |
| Skewb | 3.90 | 5.79 | top 10.2% | 609 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 6.65 | top 11.5% | 1,376 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.73 | 1:17.48 | top 14.3% | 702 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 3:15.46 | 3:30.36 | top 14.9% | 297 / 1,261 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.12 | 1:20.27 | top 15.7% | 459 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 2:24.07 | 2:29.95 | top 22.6% | 496 / 1,349 | |
| Clock | 9.54 | 11.59 | top 22.8% | 504 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 20.76 | 24.80 | top 29.7% | 505 / 1,362 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 13:38.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 116 / 149 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Ten personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 21 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Guilin Open 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2025.
- 20 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Autumn 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Six personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2019.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 10 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Quiet Day 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.