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Yi Ren (任逸)

3×3 one-handed · top 9.1% of 73,695 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 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 862nd 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 35,811 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.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 9.1% of 73,695 all-time
15.46
signature single · Beijing Summer 2012
496
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed15.4619.93
top 9.1%862 / 5,922
3×311.1113.69
top 10.8%4,228 / 28,153
2×22.694.84
top 10.8%1,655 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.478.39
top 16.2%1,903 / 10,224
Megaminx1:20.431:32.27
top 22.1%665 / 1,678
Clock9.4611.99
top 22.3%494 / 1,843
Square-120.2134.28
top 28.5%482 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves
early days — 1 solve369 / 1,058
4×41:01.021:06.12
top 37.6%3,677 / 5,926
Skewb7.7215.25
top 39.2%2,336 / 5,004
5×51:49.632:01.54
top 42.3%1,873 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded3:14.69
early days — 2 solves783 / 1,183
6×63:55.024:00.80
top 63.8%1,124 / 1,349
7×75:47.406:04.72
top 64.5%1,052 / 1,261

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

Beijing Fall Open 2008: 32.41Beijing Spring Open 2009: 23.65Beijing Summer Open 2009: 17.90Beijing Winter 2009: 14.75Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010: 11.52Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 13.50Beijing Mangshan National Forest Park Open 2010: 12.19Beijing Summer 2012: 12.11Beijing Winter 2012: 13.30BUAA Open 2014: 11.11Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 12.53Ota Autumn 2025: 12.4111.1132.412 Nov 20088 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.