People · China
Yi Yang (杨易)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 505th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2014, he has put 288 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 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 16 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.08 | 8.85 | top 1.4% | 505 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 30.34 | 33.88 | top 3.0% | 299 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 3.56 | top 8.8% | 1,300 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.43 | 16.54 | top 9.0% | 857 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 4.64 | 6.53 | top 15.5% | 963 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.28 | 1:21.03 | top 15.5% | 756 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.93 | 1:27.52 | top 19.8% | 597 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.00 | 9.75 | top 27.9% | 3,111 / 10,224 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.10 | 2:52.54 | top 28.3% | 609 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:09.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 760 / 1,183 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beijing University Cube League 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2025.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at GDSY Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2019.
- 1 Oct 2014First sub-20 3×3: 14.20 at Guangdong Open 2014.
- 1 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Guangdong Open 2014.
Competitions
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou SCUT 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Wushan Open 2014 · 18 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014 · 20 Apr 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.
- An Li (李安) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zihang Lin (林子杭) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.