People · China
Yifeng Xie (谢艺枫)
3×3 · top 6.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017XIEY05
Yifeng Xie (谢艺枫) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.47, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,380th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2017, he has put 221 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.18 in August 2017 to 9.47, a 28% improvement. Yifeng has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.47 | 12.19 | top 6.1% | 2,380 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.61 | top 13.3% | 2,098 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 8.03 | 8.95 | top 15.2% | 344 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.04 | 26.74 | top 15.3% | 1,527 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.50 | 7.56 | top 16.5% | 1,952 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 47.78 | 53.78 | top 21.9% | 2,402 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.85 | 1:56.21 | top 27.6% | 853 / 1,693 | |
| Skewb | 7.01 | 8.26 | top 33.8% | 2,079 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 35.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,019 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 49.33 | early days — 3 solves | 820 / 1,071 |
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 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Shantou Open 2017. A 14.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.