People · China
Yalun Wu (吴亚伦)
4×4 · top 0.75% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018WUYA01
Yalun Wu (吴亚伦) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.21, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in China. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since January 2018, he has put 584 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 32.88 in July 2023 to 25.21, a 23% improvement. Yalun has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 25.21 | 30.51 | top 0.75% | 69 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.26 | 13.21 | top 1.2% | 111 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 6.95 | 8.85 | top 1.3% | 450 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 52.87 | 1:01.11 | top 2.6% | 110 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 1:49.92 | 1:58.56 | top 7.2% | 162 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:01.14 | 3:17.79 | top 10.9% | 217 / 1,261 | |
| 2×2 | 8.01 | 11.36 | top 67.9% | 11,206 / 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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 14 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 10.72 at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 14 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 10.72 at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 14 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.72 at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 14 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.61 at Vietnam Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
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.
- Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhen Chen (陈震) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.