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Wenqiang Yan (严文强)

Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016YANW01

Wenqiang Yan (严文强) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at Guangzhou Special 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 365th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since August 2016, he has put 696 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.37 in August 2016 to 8.37, a 46% improvement. Wenqiang has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time
2.85
signature single · Guangzhou Special 2025
696
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.855.33
top 3.1%365 / 10,224
3×38.3710.07
top 3.5%1,296 / 28,153
2×22.034.42
top 4.9%689 / 15,796
4×434.2438.39
top 6.1%611 / 5,926
Skewb3.235.56
top 6.2%350 / 5,004
5×51:09.841:18.34
top 11.5%563 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.33
top 12.2%122 / 1,058
3×3 one-handed17.0517.79
top 12.7%1,249 / 5,922
Megaminx1:21.281:31.84
top 22.7%683 / 1,678
6×62:24.962:33.77
top 23.1%504 / 1,349
Square-118.3919.84
top 24.3%407 / 1,362
Clock10.7911.08
top 29.1%676 / 1,843
7×74:07.444:31.97
top 33.6%652 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded3:47.23—
early days — 2 solves896 / 1,183

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

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 15.37Yangjiang Open 2018: 11.63Yangjiang Open 2019: 8.98GDSY Open 2019: 8.55Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.37Shenzhen Open 2023: 9.95Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 10.36Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 11.02Guilin Open 2024: 9.20Shenzhen Open 2024: 9.86Zhuhai Open 2025: 11.58Jiangmen Open 2025: 10.23Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 9.66Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 9.59Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 9.12Foshan Open 2026: 9.518.3715.3713 Aug 20162 May 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.