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Taiji Yi (易泰基)

3×3 one-handed · top 0.92% of 74,621 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 0.92% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2018, he has put 447 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 36,406 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 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.92% of 74,621 all-time
9.77
signature single · Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026
447
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed9.7712.80
top 0.92%82 / 5,994
3×39.2210.11
top 5.4%2,128 / 28,499
2×22.203.09
top 6.3%896 / 15,939
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves30.67
top 6.3%61 / 1,071
4×434.8338.97
top 6.6%685 / 5,999
3×3 blindfolded46.341:16.34
top 8.7%136 / 1,184
Skewb3.905.79
top 10.3%619 / 5,030
Pyraminx4.726.65
top 11.5%1,398 / 10,269
5×51:10.871:14.44
top 12.3%621 / 2,857
7×73:15.463:30.36
top 14.9%306 / 1,274
Megaminx1:10.121:20.27
top 15.7%469 / 1,693
Square-116.8824.75
top 20.7%338 / 1,373
Clock9.5411.59
top 22.7%523 / 1,887
6×62:24.072:29.95
top 22.8%507 / 1,363
4×4 blindfolded13:38.00—
early days — 1 solve116 / 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

Nanning Open 2018: 16.16China Championship 2018: 14.40Xi'an Open 2018: 13.44Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 11.38Tianjin Autumn 2019: 11.98Beijing Spring AM 2021: 10.47Guilin Open 2025: 9.39Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 10.67Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 9.22Zhanjiang Open 2026: 9.31Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 9.869.2216.1628 Jul 20181 Oct 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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.