People · Hong Kong, China
Yick Kan Yan (易近仁)
2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023YANY02
Yick Kan Yan (易近仁) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Hong Kong Cube Day 2024, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Hong Kong, China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 147 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.25 in March 2023 to 2.29, a 46% improvement. Yick has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 3.68 | top 7.0% | 96 / 855 | |
| 3×3 | 11.34 | 12.72 | top 11.6% | 266 / 1,347 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.33 | 9.43 | top 15.3% | 96 / 431 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.35 | 27.41 | top 27.0% | 159 / 361 | |
| Skewb | 6.18 | 8.71 | top 27.2% | 111 / 285 | |
| 4×4 | 55.69 | — | top 31.6% | 204 / 423 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 153 / 192 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Cube Day 2024.
- 31 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.13 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Hong Kong Cube Day 2023. A 19.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024 · 31 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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.
- Andy Mok Man Cheuk (莫文卓) — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wan Chun Man (尹俊文) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Rinji Chan Pak Hei (陳柏熹) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.