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Yiran Peng (彭弈然)

4×4 · top 0.38% of 85,040 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017PENG04

Yiran Peng (彭弈然) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 23.24, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in China. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2017, he has put 589 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 27.86 in November 2025 to 23.24, a 17% improvement. Yiran has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.38% of 85,040 all-time
23.24
signature single · Guangzhou Grand Open 2026
589
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×423.2428.87
top 0.38%38 / 5,999
3×36.478.43
top 0.84%322 / 28,499
Square-16.419.71
top 1.1%18 / 1,373
5×549.1655.02
top 1.6%68 / 2,857
3×3 one-handed11.2615.09
top 2.1%183 / 5,994
6×61:40.031:46.97
top 4.1%81 / 1,363
2×21.902.78
top 4.2%559 / 15,939
Megaminx51.5859.59
top 5.9%143 / 1,693
7×72:46.222:54.91
top 6.9%145 / 1,274
Clock6.687.53
top 9.7%218 / 1,887
Pyraminx5.769.41
top 18.3%2,126 / 10,269
Skewb5.847.22
top 24.6%1,536 / 5,030

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

Xuzhou Open 2025: 27.86Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 30.54Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 30.31Deqing Big & Blind 2026: 26.61Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 25.66Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026: 27.30Xi'an Summer 2026: 26.94Jiajiang Open 2026: 27.90Wuhan Golden Autumn 2026: 27.58Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 23.2423.2430.5416 Nov 20255 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 46 people have one; it is 3.24 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.