People · China
Yi Huang (黄弋)
3×3 · top 0.59% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021HUAN25
Yi Huang (黄弋) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.17, set at Huzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2021, he has put 87 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.56 in May 2021 to 6.17, a 54% improvement. Yi 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 | 6.17 | 7.85 | top 0.59% | 215 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 3.47 | top 2.8% | 344 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.94 | 15.29 | top 6.0% | 569 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.59 | 1:23.93 | top 54.8% | 4,778 / 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
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 2 May 2021First competition: Kunshan Afternoon 2021. A 13.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021
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.
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Wenrui Qian (钱文睿) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.