People · China
Yifeng Xu (徐祎枫)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025XUYI01
Yifeng Xu (徐祎枫) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at Shanghai Summer 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,333rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.20 in November 2025 to 8.41, an 18% improvement. Yifeng has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.41 | 10.22 | top 3.6% | 1,333 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 4.16 | top 19.1% | 3,126 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.12 | 9.46 | top 37.2% | 4,048 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,686 / 5,926 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.41 at Shanghai Summer 2026.
- 16 Nov 2025First competition: Xuzhou Open 2025. A 10.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Longlong Luo (罗龙隆) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinyu Wang (王欣宇) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.