People · China
Yaozong Tian (田耀宗)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024TIAN07
Yaozong Tian (田耀宗) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 439th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 152 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.85 in April 2024 to 6.91, a 30% improvement. Yaozong has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 6.91 | 7.96 | top 1.2% | 439 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 2.91 | top 2.4% | 276 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.07 | 4.55 | top 3.9% | 464 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 37.00 | 43.59 | top 8.7% | 898 / 5,926 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 5 Apr 2024First competition: Shenyang Spring 2024. A 9.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 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.
- Danning Zhao (赵丹宁) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.