People · China
Yifan Xu (许一凡)
3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025XUYI02
Yifan Xu (许一凡) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.24, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,787th in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.97 in November 2025 to 12.24, an 18% improvement. Yifan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 12.24 | 14.24 | top 14.7% | 5,787 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 4.27 | top 15.9% | 2,538 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.60 | 12.01 | top 32.9% | 3,612 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.35 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,184 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 11.59 | 15.64 | top 64.0% | 3,457 / 5,004 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First competition: Hong Kong Championship 2025. A 14.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
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.
- Zhenming Zhang (张振铭) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xiwen Ruan (阮熙文) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yichen Ye (叶逸晨) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.