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Yang Li (李扬)

3×3 · top 0.19% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012LIYA01

Yang Li (李扬) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.32, set at SJTU Winter Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.19% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since July 2012, he has put 1,717 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.66 in July 2012 to 5.32, a 50% improvement. Yang has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.19% of 284,439 all-time
5.32
signature single · SJTU Winter Open 2018
1,717
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×35.328.09
top 0.19%77 / 28,153
4×423.6629.54
top 0.43%41 / 5,926
5×551.141:00.17
top 2.1%84 / 2,816
2×21.663.49
top 2.9%350 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed12.3016.24
top 3.4%301 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded32.8046.13
top 5.0%84 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves33.67
top 8.0%79 / 1,058
6×61:59.802:08.93
top 10.9%229 / 1,349
Pyraminx5.839.06
top 18.7%2,158 / 10,224
Megaminx1:19.981:24.08
top 21.8%655 / 1,678
7×73:43.133:44.94
top 24.6%491 / 1,261
Square-119.5423.43
top 26.9%453 / 1,362
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 10 cubes · 47:35—
top 32.3%89 / 278
4×4 blindfolded8:22.429:53.03
top 46.7%84 / 149
Skewb10.5512.87
top 58.3%3,217 / 5,004
Clock36.3142.63
top 90.8%1,756 / 1,843

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

Shanghai Summer 2012: 10.66Beijing Summer 2012: 10.02Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 9.43Beijing Summer 2013: 9.16Beijing Summer Open 2014: 8.67Suzhou Open 2014: 8.61Hefei Summer Open 2014: 8.52China Championship 2017: 7.26Ningxia Open 2017: 7.90Suzhou Open 2017: 7.92Nanjing Autumn 2017: 7.76HDU Open 2017: 8.66Shanghai Winter 2018: 5.67Inner Mongolia Winter 2018: 8.26Hangzhou Spring 2018: 7.80Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 6.91Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018: 7.69Hefei Summer 2018: 8.48Ningbo Open 2018: 7.62Wuxi Autumn 2018: 8.58SJTU Winter Open 2018: 5.32Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 7.69Huzhou Open 2019: 7.46Xiamen Autumn 2019: 7.36Shanghai Open 2019: 8.09Huzhou Open 2024: 7.50Kunshan Open 2024: 8.12Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 7.59Zhengzhou Open 2024: 7.68Yancheng Open 2025: 7.62Taizhou Open 2025: 6.61Beijing University Cube League 2025: 6.74Nanchang Winter 2025: 7.35Hangzhou Winter 2025: 7.28Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 6.25Xianju NxN 2026: 6.84Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 6.63Hangzhou Open 2026: 7.345.3210.6621 Jul 201223 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.