People · China
Yihan Yu
2×2 · top 3.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025YUYI03
Yihan Yu has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026, puts her in the top 3.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 479th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2025, she has put 120 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 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. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.98 in February 2025 to 9.81, a 35% improvement. Yihan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.79 | 4.68 | top 3.6% | 479 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 9.81 | 11.44 | top 7.0% | 2,763 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.43 | 9.23 | top 23.3% | 2,686 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,492 / 5,999 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026.
- 9 Feb 2025First competition: Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025. A 14.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026 · 30 Aug 2026
- Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 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 her.
- Kristian Trubajic — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Miles Irwin — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Archimedes Dines — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as she improves.