People · China
Xingchen Yang (杨星晨)
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024YANG91
Xingchen Yang (杨星晨) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.62, set at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,651st in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2024, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.26 in December 2024 to 10.62, a 30% improvement. Xingchen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.62 | 13.24 | top 9.3% | 3,651 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.69 | 6.82 | top 47.5% | 8,148 / 15,796 |
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
- 24 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.32 at Jiangmen Open 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: Shenzhen Open 2024. A 15.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yingguang Chen (陈映光) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hailun Hou (侯海论) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.