People · China
Yaxing Wang (王亚兴)
Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014WANG50
Yaxing Wang (王亚兴) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Jiujiang Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 172nd in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2014, he has put 708 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.38 in September 2014 to 8.48, a 48% improvement. Yaxing has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.20 | 3.23 | top 1.5% | 172 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 10.38 | top 3.7% | 1,395 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 2.92 | 4.47 | top 4.6% | 253 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.97 | 18.45 | top 8.1% | 779 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 6.71 | 7.59 | top 9.9% | 216 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.01 | top 11.7% | 1,800 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 42.01 | 46.21 | top 14.5% | 1,577 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.95 | 1:39.90 | top 30.6% | 1,389 / 2,816 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Jiujiang Open 2018.
- 10 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Shijiazhuang Open 2018.
- 10 Jun 2018Six personal bests in one day at Shijiazhuang Open 2018.
- 22 Apr 2018Six personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2018.
Competitions
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Shijiazhuang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiujiang Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018
- Shijiazhuang Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Autumn 2014 · 13 Sep 2014
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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.