People · China
Yilin Yang (杨逸麟)
2×2 · top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018YANY05
Yilin Yang (杨逸麟) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at GDSY Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2018, he has put 454 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 7.84 in August 2018 to 2.62, a 67% improvement. Yilin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.24 | 2.85 | top 1.2% | 130 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 2.62 | 3.60 | top 3.3% | 178 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 8.33 | 10.09 | top 3.4% | 1,302 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.86 | 17.42 | top 5.9% | 579 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.86 | 5.63 | top 7.0% | 849 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 37.00 | 38.93 | top 8.8% | 927 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.81 | 1:17.73 | top 9.6% | 479 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.40 | 2:40.30 | top 23.9% | 533 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:43.60 | 3:50.89 | top 24.7% | 505 / 1,274 | |
| Square-1 | 19.94 | 26.45 | top 28.0% | 482 / 1,373 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.98 | 1:52.89 | top 34.7% | 1,038 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:02.51 | 3:25.69 | top 53.2% | 738 / 1,184 |
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
Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Jieyang Winter 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at China Championship 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Seven personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Meizhou Open 2018. A 11.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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.
- Weijie Fang (方伟杰) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.