People · China
Yangxi Cao (曹阳曦)
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023CAOY02
Yangxi Cao (曹阳曦) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Nanchang Spring 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2023, he has put 86 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Yangxi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 2.01 | top 1.3% | 147 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.08 | 8.66 | top 2.9% | 1,063 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.91 | 3.91 | top 3.3% | 390 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.83 | 4.71 | top 9.8% | 572 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 45.23 | 49.52 | top 18.6% | 2,017 / 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. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Spring 2024.
- 23 Dec 2023First competition: Changsha Open 2023. A 9.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Hongze Hu (胡宏泽) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.