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Yili Yi

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024YIYI01

Yili Yi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at NAC Prep in Palisades 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,262nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since November 2024, he has put 1,629 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.60 in November 2024 to 8.63, a 69% improvement. Yili has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.63
signature single · NAC Prep in Palisades 2026
1,629
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6311.92
top 4.0%2,262 / 59,724
2×21.943.90
top 4.4%1,731 / 40,951
Skewb3.775.11
top 9.4%1,439 / 18,907
Square-112.5917.50
top 11.0%772 / 6,743
4×441.1747.72
top 13.5%2,012 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.078.28
top 13.6%3,552 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded1:03.781:28.92
top 14.3%276 / 2,092
Clock8.019.37
top 15.3%1,166 / 8,927
6×62:30.672:46.05
top 25.9%918 / 4,196
5×51:30.401:35.61
top 27.7%2,168 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed24.0327.48
top 31.6%4,100 / 15,683
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 10 cubes · 51:27—
top 33.2%249 / 731
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves43.67
top 40.9%879 / 2,040
4×4 blindfolded8:32.1610:58.00
top 48.1%192 / 440
Megaminx2:08.26—
top 50.2%3,738 / 7,841
7×75:22.375:56.09
top 57.5%1,702 / 3,184

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

Flushing Open PM 2024: 27.60Wakefield Winter 2024: 21.93Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 18.48Kisco Cubing 2025: 21.78Hudson Valley Winter 2025: 19.43PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 15.71PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 18.56Great Peconic Bay 2025: 18.32NYU Spring 2025: 15.51PBs in Palisades Spring 2025: 16.26American Dream NJ 2025: 18.93Summit Summer 2025: 14.96Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025: 13.57Long Island Summer 2025: 12.88Championnat Canadien 2025: 15.20CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 17.01Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 14.74CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 12.87New York Championship 2025: 11.20Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025: 12.15Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 13.30New York New Year 2025: 13.87Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026: 13.13Corning Winter 2026: 11.96PBs in Palisades Open 2026: 11.97Medina Mayhem 2026: 13.38Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 11.60Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 11.01RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 11.06Brockport Bash 2026: 11.62Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026: 11.48Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 11.14Alfred University 2026: 11.22ROC the Cube NY 2026: 13.06Palmyra Spring 2026: 11.41Hudson Valley Spring 2026: 11.04NAC Prep in Palisades 2026: 8.63Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026: 10.88Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026: 10.68Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 9.328.6327.6024 Nov 202414 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 236 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Chris Chi — met in 234 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Eli Rogers — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.