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Yi Yang (杨易)

3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014YANG08

Yi Yang (杨易) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.08, set at Beijing University Cube League 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 518th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2014, he has put 320 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.29 in April 2014 to 7.08, a 67% improvement. Yi has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time
7.08
signature single · Beijing University Cube League 2025
320
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.088.85
top 1.4%518 / 28,499
4×430.3433.88
top 3.1%313 / 5,999
2×22.203.56
top 6.3%896 / 15,939
3×3 one-handed15.4316.54
top 9.1%883 / 5,994
Skewb4.646.53
top 15.6%976 / 5,030
5×51:15.281:21.03
top 15.6%781 / 2,857
Megaminx1:16.931:27.52
top 19.9%612 / 1,693
Pyraminx7.009.75
top 27.9%3,151 / 10,269
6×62:35.102:52.54
top 28.3%618 / 1,363
Clock16.58—
early days — 2 solves1,280 / 1,887
3×3 blindfolded3:09.40—
early days — 1 solve761 / 1,184

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

Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 21.29Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014: 20.44Guangdong Open 2014: 14.20China Championship 2015: 12.84Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 11.95Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 11.02GDSY Open 2019: 9.62Beijing Summer 2025: 7.14Beijing University Cube League 2025: 7.08Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 7.09Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 9.37Beijing Spring Open 2026: 9.05Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 7.89Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: 7.427.0821.2920 Apr 20141 Oct 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.