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Yifan Wang (王逸凡)

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025WANG13

Yifan Wang (王逸凡) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.56, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,427th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 92 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.02 in January 2025 to 9.56, a 20% improvement. Yifan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.56
signature single · Start of Summer Beijing 2026
92
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.5612.18
top 6.3%2,427 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed14.5919.88
top 7.3%701 / 5,922
2×23.504.77
top 20.2%3,317 / 15,796
Clock9.63
early days — 3 solves512 / 1,843

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

Beijing Winter 2025: 12.02Beijing Summer 2025: 11.24Beijing Winter 2026: 11.57Beijing Spring Open 2026: 10.32Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 9.569.5612.024 Jan 20251 May 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.