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Xiao Yang (杨枭)

Pyraminx · top 21.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017YANG01

Xiao Yang (杨枭) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.22, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,476th in China. Across 11 competitions since January 2017, he has put 158 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.52 in January 2017 to 23.20, a 35% improvement. Xiao has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 21.6% of 129,321 all-time
6.22
signature single · China Championship 2017
158
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx6.2212.28
top 21.6%2,476 / 10,224
2×24.926.91
top 38.3%6,611 / 15,796
3×323.2028.23
top 48.4%15,735 / 28,153
Skewb10.3817.72
top 57.3%3,165 / 5,004
Clock44.54
early days — 2 solves1,809 / 1,843

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

Shenzhen New Year 2017: 35.52Hong Kong Cube Day 2017: 36.87Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 33.61GDSY Open 2017: 31.58Zhuhai Open 2017: 28.86China Championship 2017: 26.05Shantou Open 2017: 27.72China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 26.10Zhongshan Open 2017: 23.20Cupika Jakarta Summer 2026: 33.8223.2036.871 Jan 201711 Jul 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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.