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Yifan Cheng (程依凡)

3×3 blindfolded · top 3.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018CHEY36

Yifan Cheng (程依凡) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 28.75, set at Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in China. Until April 2012, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2018, he has put 345 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.21 in November 2018 to 8.61, a 43% improvement. Yifan has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 3.8% of 12,178 all-time
28.75
signature single · Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026
345
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded28.7531.65
top 3.8%62 / 1,183
3×38.6110.30
top 4.0%1,505 / 28,153
5×558.011:04.55
top 4.6%217 / 2,816
4×432.7136.97
top 4.7%468 / 5,926
3×3 Multi-Blind22 of 25 cubes · 55:53—
top 5.3%20 / 278
3×3 one-handed14.1516.65
top 6.4%608 / 5,922
Clock6.508.07
top 9.1%199 / 1,843
6×61:55.242:06.24
top 9.2%202 / 1,349
Megaminx1:05.721:07.51
top 13.1%371 / 1,678
Pyraminx5.228.31
top 14.6%1,721 / 10,224
4×4 blindfolded4:05.055:23.37
top 15.1%31 / 149
2×23.194.36
top 16.5%2,648 / 15,796
Square-115.1319.37
top 16.8%260 / 1,362
7×73:22.013:25.70
top 17.0%354 / 1,261
5×5 blindfolded9:24.13—
early days — 2 solves25 / 95
Skewb5.187.15
top 19.5%1,211 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves45.67
early days — 3 solves610 / 1,058

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

Xuzhou Winter 2018: 15.21Xuzhou Spring 2019: 13.85Shandong Open 2019: 12.49Xuzhou Winter 2019: 10.79Xuzhou Open PM 2021: 10.58Xuzhou Open 2024: 10.31Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 9.80Zhengzhou Open 2024: 9.80Luoyang Spring 2025: 9.28Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 8.61Yancheng Open 2025: 9.91Xuzhou Open 2025: 10.248.6115.2124 Nov 201816 Nov 2025

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-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 3.75 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.