People · China
Yifeng Xu (徐祎枫)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025XUYI01
Yifeng Xu (徐祎枫) has been competing for 11 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,373rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 72 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.20 in November 2025 to 8.41, an 18% improvement. Yifeng 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 | 8.41 | 10.22 | top 3.6% | 1,373 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 34.27 | 39.54 | top 6.2% | 637 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 3.76 | top 9.9% | 1,512 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.12 | 9.46 | top 37.2% | 4,090 / 10,269 |
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 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026.
- 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
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 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.
- Bofan Zhang (张博藩) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhiyuan Xue (薛智远) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.