People · China
Yanchu Guo (郭雁初)
3×3 one-handed · top 3.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025GUOY01
Yanchu Guo (郭雁初) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.45, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 313th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. Yanchu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 one-handed | 12.45 | 15.74 | top 3.6% | 313 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 8.47 | 8.92 | top 3.7% | 1,388 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 7.58 | 10.49 | top 13.2% | 283 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 48.00 | 51.68 | top 22.1% | 2,383 / 5,926 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2025First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025. A 8.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhen Chen (陈震) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.