People · China
Yijin Tang (汤依谨)
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026TANG02
Yijin Tang (汤依谨) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.45, set at Fuzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,305th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2026, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.96 in January 2026 to 2.31, a 22% improvement. Yijin has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.45 | 12.61 | top 6.0% | 2,305 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.12 | top 7.1% | 1,016 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.97 | 7.81 | top 13.0% | 1,546 / 10,224 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jan 2026First competition: Fuzhou Open 2026. A 9.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tiancheng Zhang (张天成) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.