People · China
Xuanheng Yan (颜暄衡)
3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024YANX01
Xuanheng Yan (颜暄衡) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.79, set at Wuhu Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2024, he has put 424 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.07 in March 2024 to 5.79, a 36% improvement. Xuanheng 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.79 | 7.50 | top 0.36% | 144 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.21 | 2.67 | top 1.1% | 117 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.72 | 16.07 | top 1.6% | 137 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 2.52 | 5.16 | top 3.0% | 157 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.16 | 5.25 | top 4.2% | 507 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 37.36 | 44.21 | top 9.1% | 953 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 9.98 | 13.00 | top 25.0% | 566 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 24.95 | 29.62 | top 39.1% | 667 / 1,362 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wuhu Open 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Ningbo Autumn 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 15 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Hangzhou Spring 2024. A 9.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 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.
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.