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Yao Hui (惠瑶)

Pyraminx · top 8.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013HUIY01

Yao Hui (惠瑶) has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.11, set at Shenyang Open 2018, puts her in the top 8.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 981st in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2013, she has put 304 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 23.09 in December 2013 to 10.94, a 53% improvement. Yao has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 8.2% of 129,321 all-time
4.11
signature single · Shenyang Open 2018
304
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx4.115.94
top 8.2%981 / 10,224
3×310.9413.48
top 10.3%4,024 / 28,153
Megaminx1:02.291:08.04
top 11.2%301 / 1,678
4×439.7843.94
top 11.9%1,269 / 5,926
2×23.034.73
top 14.6%2,296 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed24.3426.87
top 32.4%3,130 / 5,922
5×51:47.681:52.81
top 41.0%1,823 / 2,816
Skewb8.169.89
top 42.5%2,505 / 5,004
7×75:06.565:16.44
top 52.6%914 / 1,261
6×63:43.523:49.91
early days — 3 solves1,080 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded3:34.85
early days — 3 solves863 / 1,183
Clock51.22
early days — 2 solves1,828 / 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

Shenyang Open 2013: 23.09Shenyang Open 2014: 15.70Shenyang Winter 2016: 14.66Dalian Winter 2017: 11.51Fushun Open 2018: 14.87Shenyang Open 2018: 11.38NEU Open 2019: 12.99Shenyang Open 2023: 14.99Fushun Open 2024: 11.75Shenyang Spring 2024: 11.04Dalian Open 2024: 12.58Shenyang Spring 2025: 10.94Shenyang Autumn 2025: 12.3910.9423.0929 Dec 201321 Sep 2025

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as she improves.