People · China
Yingjian Gong (龚英健)
2×2 · top 0.96% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021GONG02
Yingjian Gong (龚英健) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2021, he has put 224 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 1.75 in May 2021 to 1.17, a 33% improvement. Yingjian has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.17 | 1.49 | top 0.96% | 103 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 2.17 | 2.65 | top 1.8% | 86 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 7.90 | 9.82 | top 2.6% | 970 / 28,499 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 1 May 2021First competition: Guangdong Open 2021. A 7.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.