People · China
Yilin Wu (吴以琳)
2×2 · top 0.45% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025WUYI01
Yilin Wu (吴以琳) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.94, set at Xianju NxN 2026, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in China. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 153 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.45 in March 2025 to 0.94, a 79% improvement. Yilin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.94 | 2.00 | top 0.45% | 39 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.43 | 10.10 | top 3.6% | 1,350 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.21 | 8.71 | top 8.7% | 1,048 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 8.54 | 16.27 | top 45.3% | 2,636 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.43 at Deqing Small & Special 2026.
- 26 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Deqing Small & Special 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 10.58 at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2026.
- 23 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Winter 2025.
Competitions
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Quangang Morning 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Linhai Newcomers 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Chenyi Ye (叶晨佾) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Puze Mao (毛朴泽) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.