People · China
Yi Ren (任逸)
3×3 one-handed · top 9.1% of 74,621 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008RENY01
Yi Ren (任逸) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.46, set at Beijing Summer 2012, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 890th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2008, he has put 496 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.41 in November 2008 to 11.11, a 66% improvement. Yi has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 one-handed | 15.46 | 19.93 | top 9.1% | 890 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 11.11 | 13.69 | top 10.9% | 4,326 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.84 | top 10.9% | 1,692 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.47 | 8.39 | top 16.3% | 1,930 / 10,269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.43 | 1:32.27 | top 22.1% | 680 / 1,693 | |
| Clock | 9.46 | 11.99 | top 22.2% | 512 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 20.21 | 34.28 | top 28.5% | 492 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 375 / 1,071 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.02 | 1:06.12 | top 37.7% | 3,739 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 7.72 | 15.25 | top 39.3% | 2,357 / 5,030 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.63 | 2:01.54 | top 42.4% | 1,907 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:14.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 785 / 1,184 | |
| 6×6 | 3:55.02 | 4:00.80 | top 63.9% | 1,139 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 5:47.40 | 6:04.72 | top 64.6% | 1,065 / 1,274 |
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
- 24 Nov 2012Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2012.
- 12 Aug 2012Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2012.
- 23 May 2010Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Side Events Supplement 2010.
- 7 Feb 2010Twelve personal bests in one day at Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010.
- 20 Dec 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at Beijing Winter 2009.
- 20 Dec 2009Eight personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2009.
Competitions
- Ota Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kanto Autumn PM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- BUAA Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2012 · 12 Aug 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Mangshan National Forest Park Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010
- Beijing Side Events Supplement 2010 · 23 May 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- PKU Fewest Moves 2010 · 10 Apr 2010
- Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010 · 7 Feb 2010 — 12 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2009 · 20 Dec 2009 — 8 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009 — 6 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2009 · 21 Feb 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Fall Open 2008 · 2 Nov 2008
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.
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Ming Gao (高鸣) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 26 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.