People · China
Xiao Yang (杨潇)
4×4 · top 4.5% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023YANG99
Xiao Yang (杨潇) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.36, set at Harbin Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 433rd in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2023, he has put 180 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.28 in December 2023 to 9.32, a 24% improvement. Xiao has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.36 | 35.11 | top 4.5% | 433 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 9.32 | 10.36 | top 5.6% | 2,177 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.57 | 1:17.26 | top 9.4% | 454 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.86 | 18.46 | top 12.2% | 1,194 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:21.65 | 2:30.51 | top 21.3% | 473 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 5.50 | top 23.1% | 3,835 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 4:03.94 | 4:27.49 | top 32.3% | 628 / 1,261 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023First competition: Shenyang Open 2023. A 12.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025
- Harbin Open 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
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.
- Heyu Fu (付荷语) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.