People · China
Yicong Lei (雷以聪)
3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018LEIY02
Yicong Lei (雷以聪) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.59, set at Huanggang Open 2026, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,932nd in China. Across 8 competitions since September 2018, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.05 in September 2018 to 11.59, a 42% improvement. Yicong 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.59 | 14.50 | top 12.5% | 4,932 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:19.77 | — | top 19.5% | 267 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 48.32 | 54.12 | top 22.5% | 2,430 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 6.49 | 8.50 | top 29.6% | 1,828 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 6.23 | 7.84 | top 53.2% | 9,045 / 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
- 5 Jun 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Wuhan Open 2021.
- 2 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.19 at Wuhan Open 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018First competition: Wuhan University Open 2018. A 20.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Autumn 2019 · 13 Oct 2019
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 19.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.