People · China
Yi Yu (于怿)
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025YUYI04
Yi Yu (于怿) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.28, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,229th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 54 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.86 in March 2025 to 8.28, a 24% improvement. Yi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.28 | 8.94 | top 3.3% | 1,229 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.46 | 5.96 | top 44.9% | 7,719 / 15,796 |
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
- 29 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Yancheng Spring Open 2026.
- 30 Mar 2025First competition: Xuzhou Newcomers 2025. A 11.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mingxi Li (李铭溪) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.