People · Canada
Yihan Deng (邓义涵)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017DENG21
Yihan Deng (邓义涵) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.01, set at Saint John's Scramble 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 190th in Canada. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2017, he has put 410 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.31 in September 2017 to 7.01, a 72% improvement. Yihan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.01 | 8.11 | top 1.3% | 190 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 3.44 | top 4.1% | 259 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 35.50 | 40.42 | top 7.3% | 171 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.23 | 17.67 | top 10.8% | 240 / 2,632 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.55 | 7.54 | top 16.8% | 687 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 5.04 | 6.39 | top 18.5% | 525 / 2,928 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.38 | 1:26.33 | top 21.1% | 254 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.10 | 1:40.16 | top 27.7% | 267 / 1,393 | |
| Square-1 | 20.05 | 27.53 | top 28.2% | 246 / 973 |
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 Apr 2023Six personal bests in one day at Saint John's Scramble 2023.
- 8 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mum's the Word 2023.
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 7 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 7 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Changsha Spring Open 2019.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Side Events in Palisades 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mystic Cubikon 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint John's Scramble 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Mum's the Word 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
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.
- Derek White — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- David Andron-Silva — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.