People · China
Yihao Cui (崔艺豪)
5×5 · top 2.2% of 40,792 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023CUIY02
Yihao Cui (崔艺豪) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 51.57, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in China. Until September 2012, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 103 official solves on the record across seven events. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:13.13 in December 2023 to 51.57, a 29% improvement. Yihao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 51.57 | 58.90 | top 2.2% | 90 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 30.81 | 32.50 | top 3.3% | 339 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 8.61 | 9.44 | top 4.0% | 1,505 / 28,153 | |
| 6×6 | 1:41.61 | 1:55.08 | top 4.5% | 90 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 2:36.95 | 2:48.23 | top 4.9% | 98 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.36 | 17.20 | top 5.0% | 455 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 4.63 | top 21.6% | 3,556 / 15,796 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Summer I 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 24 Dec 2023First competition: Xi'an Open 2023.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023
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.
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.