People · China
Yang Li (李扬)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.28% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LIYA04
Yang Li (李扬) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Xi'an Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in China. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2025, he has put 191 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.31 in November 2025 to 5.63, a 45% improvement. Yang has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.36 | 9.86 | top 0.28% | 24 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 5.63 | 7.12 | top 0.3% | 124 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.79 | 42.63 | top 7.4% | 756 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.45 | 1:15.28 | top 11.2% | 552 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.55 | 1:15.71 | top 17.2% | 518 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 2:14.91 | 2:22.18 | early days — 3 solves | 391 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:41.91 | — | early days — 1 solve | 824 / 1,261 |
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
- 27 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 6.58 at Zhengzhou Zest 2025.
- 2 Nov 2025First competition: Xi'an Autumn 2025. A 10.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Embracing Summer 2026 · 5 May 2026
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 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.
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.