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Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓)

Pyraminx · top 0.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012ZHAO05

Yihao Zhao (赵羿皓) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017, puts him in the top 0.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 91st in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since July 2012, he has put 1,662 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 11.00 in August 2012 to 1.78, an 84% improvement. Yihao has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.8% of 129,321 all-time
1.78
signature single · Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017
1,662
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx1.783.15
top 0.8%91 / 10,224
Skewb2.012.67
top 1.4%65 / 5,004
3×310.2911.72
top 8.3%3,259 / 28,153
5×51:05.521:14.17
top 8.7%420 / 2,816
2×22.556.64
top 9.4%1,403 / 15,796
4×445.6253.26
top 19.1%2,076 / 5,926
Megaminx1:39.651:47.78
top 34.4%1,019 / 1,678
Clock12.0713.84
top 35.3%842 / 1,843
6×63:18.733:21.81
top 49.9%949 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed58.15—
early days — 2 solves5,756 / 5,922
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 1 solve981 / 1,058
7×78:15.75—
early days — 1 solve1,230 / 1,261

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

Hefei Summer 2012: 11.00Beijing Winter 2012: 17.77Tianjin Winter 2012: 10.55Hefei Open 2013: 5.89Shanghai Summer 2013: 5.91Shenyang Open 2013: 4.34Beijing Spring 2014: 4.69Hefei Spring 2014: 3.72Beijing Summer Open 2014: 3.61Chongqing Open 2014: 4.74Guangdong Open 2014: 4.26Asian Championship 2014: 4.13Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 2.92Wenzhou Open 2015: 4.22Nanjing Spring 2015: 4.02China Championship 2015: 3.65Shanghai Spring 2016: 3.25Shenyang Open 2016: 3.21Suzhou Open 2016: 3.10Nanchang Open 2016: 2.71Hefei Open 2016: 2.84Xi'an Open 2016: 3.71Asian Championship 2016: 2.54Shanghai Spring 2017: 2.76Nanchang Spring 2017: 2.59Nanjing Spring 2017: 1.95Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 1.78Changshu Open 2017: 3.44China Championship 2017: 2.85Zhenjiang Open 2017: 3.10Shanghai Winter 2018: 3.17Kunshan Open 2018: 2.82Nanjing Spring 2018: 3.35Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 3.19WCA Asian Championship 2018: 2.20SJTU Winter Open 2018: 2.14Kunshan Open 2019: 2.92China Championship 2019: 2.44Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021: 2.26Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 2.52Otsu Biwako Spring 2026: 5.281.7817.775 Aug 201211 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.