People · China
Yile Gong (龚奕乐)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024GONG03
Yile Gong (龚奕乐) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Ningbo Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,196th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2024, he has put 109 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.87 in March 2024 to 8.24, a 45% improvement. Yile has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 9.29 | top 3.2% | 1,196 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.19 | top 15.5% | 2,475 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.62 | 9.52 | top 33.0% | 3,630 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 25.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,734 / 5,004 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.36 at Linhai Newcomers 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Linhai Newcomers 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Hangzhou Spring 2024. A 14.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Linhai Newcomers 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Albert So Yik Ban (蘇益品) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.