People · China
Yixiang Gao (高翊翔)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.39% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019GAOY05
Yixiang Gao (高翊翔) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at Xuzhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in China. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2019, he has put 617 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.64 in July 2019 to 5.83, a 33% improvement. Yixiang has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.69 | 12.09 | top 0.39% | 32 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 5.83 | 7.49 | top 0.39% | 153 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 25.53 | 31.21 | top 0.84% | 76 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 1.45 | 2.43 | top 1.9% | 221 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 43.60 | 49.52 | top 2.6% | 54 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.90 | 4.52 | top 3.3% | 385 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.31 | 1:02.61 | top 5.7% | 267 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 3.47 | 4.63 | top 7.5% | 428 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 35.67 | top 9.9% | 98 / 1,058 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.18 | 2:21.08 | top 19.0% | 422 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:56.31 | 4:11.82 | top 29.3% | 576 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 11.58 | 12.36 | top 33.0% | 783 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 34.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 980 / 1,362 |
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
- 8 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xianju Special 2026.
- 16 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2025.
- 25 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lishui Open 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 14 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
Competitions
- More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 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.
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.