People · China
Yilin Huang (黄奕霖)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.85% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017HUAN24
Yilin Huang (黄奕霖) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Zhangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2017, he has put 259 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.82 in May 2017 to 9.32, a 41% improvement. Yilin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 one-handed | 9.69 | 15.65 | top 0.85% | 70 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.32 | 10.50 | top 5.6% | 2,177 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 36.94 | 46.68 | top 8.6% | 887 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.44 | 1:12.93 | top 8.7% | 415 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 4.82 | top 9.0% | 1,330 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 2:03.98 | 2:25.30 | top 12.7% | 270 / 1,349 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.65 | 1:12.38 | top 14.2% | 408 / 1,678 | |
| 7×7 | 3:21.79 | 3:48.70 | top 16.9% | 352 / 1,261 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.02 | 7.45 | top 20.2% | 2,301 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 8.85 | 10.52 | top 47.4% | 2,731 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 32.00 | 33.22 | top 53.3% | 917 / 1,362 |
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
- 1 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026.
- 9 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Xiamen Open 2018.
- 12 May 2018Six personal bests in one day at Fujian Championship 2018.
- 19 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at TKK Open 2017.
- 15 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at Xiamen Autumn 2017.
- 14 May 2017First competition: Xiamen Open 2017. A 17.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- TKK Open 2017 · 19 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Longyan Summer Open 2017 · 9 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2017 · 14 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yucheng Liang (梁育诚) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.