People · China
Yiming Wang (王一鸣)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023WANY12
Yiming Wang (王一鸣) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.40, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2023, he has put 270 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Yiming has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.40 | 13.43 | top 1.3% | 117 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 8.14 | 9.44 | top 3.0% | 1,111 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.26 | top 14.3% | 2,245 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 10.14 | 13.94 | top 25.8% | 586 / 1,843 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 24 Dec 2023First competition: Shenzhen Open 2023. A 10.01 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Shenzhen Open 2023.
Competitions
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Championship 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Zhen Chen (陈震) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.