People · China
Yangyi Zhao (赵旸熠)
3×3 · top 2.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHAO39
Yangyi Zhao (赵旸熠) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Beihai Open 2026, puts her in the top 2.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 773rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2025, she has put 132 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.88 in October 2025 to 7.57, a 45% improvement. Yangyi has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.57 | 10.02 | top 2.1% | 773 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.57 | 4.11 | top 21.1% | 3,521 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.05 | 28.38 | top 31.7% | 3,109 / 5,994 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.42 at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Guilin Open 2025. A 13.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Liuzhou Open 2026 · 24 May 2026
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 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 her.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zixiao Wei (韦梓骁) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lianghai Sui (眭亮海) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as she improves.