People · China
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.11 | 5.94 | top 8.2% | 981 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.94 | 13.48 | top 10.3% | 4,024 / 28,153 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.29 | 1:08.04 | top 11.2% | 301 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 39.78 | 43.94 | top 11.9% | 1,269 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.73 | top 14.6% | 2,296 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.34 | 26.87 | top 32.4% | 3,130 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.68 | 1:52.81 | top 41.0% | 1,823 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 8.16 | 9.89 | top 42.5% | 2,505 / 5,004 | |
| 7×7 | 5:06.56 | 5:16.44 | top 52.6% | 914 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 3:43.52 | 3:49.91 | early days — 3 solves | 1,080 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:34.85 | — | early days — 3 solves | 863 / 1,183 | |
| Clock | 51.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,828 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Fushun Open 2018.
- 3 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Dalian Winter 2017.
- 11 Dec 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Shenyang Winter 2016.
- 11 Dec 2016Six personal bests in one day at Shenyang Winter 2016.
- 14 Dec 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.70 at Shenyang Open 2014.
- 29 Dec 2013First competition: Shenyang Open 2013. A 23.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dalian Winter 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Open 2013 · 29 Dec 2013
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ping Guan (关平) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 27 times · head to head
- Chunxiao Li (李春啸) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
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.