People · China
Yaohua Li (李垚桦)
4×4 · top 1.5% of 85,040 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LIYA04
Yaohua Li (李垚桦) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.21, set at Yunnan Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2023, he has put 368 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Yaohua 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 27.21 | 33.11 | top 1.5% | 148 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 7.76 | 9.30 | top 2.4% | 884 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.64 | 13.41 | top 2.6% | 226 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 2.84 | top 4.7% | 655 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.91 | 1:10.71 | top 11.0% | 560 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.61 | 1:06.91 | top 11.9% | 333 / 1,693 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.90 | 6.64 | top 12.6% | 1,532 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 5.73 | 8.59 | top 23.8% | 1,485 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 11.70 | 12.59 | top 33.4% | 824 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:07.26 | — | top 35.9% | 522 / 1,184 | |
| Square-1 | 31.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 894 / 1,373 |
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
- 22 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Yunnan Open 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 10.79 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.60 at Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023.
Competitions
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 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.
- Kaichen Huang (黄楷宸) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.