People · Australia
Yanxi Yu
2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024YUYA01
Yanxi Yu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at VIC State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2024, he has put 421 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.44 in July 2024 to 7.40, a 49% improvement. Yanxi has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.30 | 2.87 | top 1.4% | 131 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 7.40 | 9.39 | top 1.8% | 200 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.33 | 5.05 | top 4.8% | 212 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.26 | 1:22.88 | top 11.7% | 146 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 41.31 | 48.48 | top 13.7% | 337 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 4.95 | 7.24 | top 17.7% | 460 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.72 | 24.43 | top 19.8% | 447 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 21.39 | 28.38 | top 31.1% | 302 / 899 | |
| Clock | 14.02 | 18.13 | top 43.9% | 458 / 1,095 |
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
- 2 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 31 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at VIC State Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne February 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
Competitions
- North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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.
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
- Riley Dexter — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.