People · China
Yinzhen Huang (黄尹真)
2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014HUAN03
Yinzhen Huang (黄尹真) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Nanjing Autumn 2016, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2014, he has put 153 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.90 in April 2014 to 8.37, a 40% improvement. Yinzhen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 1.77 | 3.79 | top 3.4% | 450 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 10.07 | top 3.5% | 1,296 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 7.41 | top 13.9% | 1,647 / 10,224 |
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 Oct 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 7 Apr 2014First competition: Nanjing Spring 2014. A 17.04 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Apr 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Nanjing Spring 2014.
Competitions
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 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.
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.