People · China
Xinyue Yao (姚心月)
4×4 · top 4.6% of 85,040 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023YAOX01
Xinyue Yao (姚心月) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.52, set at Quangang Afternoon 2025, puts her in the top 4.6% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 467th in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, she has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.35 in October 2023 to 10.02, a 19% improvement. Xinyue 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.52 | 39.48 | top 4.6% | 467 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 10.02 | 11.84 | top 7.5% | 3,000 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.25 | 25.16 | top 21.2% | 2,145 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 748 / 1,071 |
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
- 20 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 12.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 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 her.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as she improves.