People · China
Yixin Li (李奕昕)
Skewb · top 2.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LIYI09
Yixin Li (李奕昕) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2025, he has put 363 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 7.04 in November 2025 to 2.45, a 65% improvement. Yixin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.45 | 3.47 | top 2.7% | 145 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 9.15 | 10.49 | top 5.2% | 1,995 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 6.84 | top 8.3% | 992 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.44 | top 10.3% | 1,571 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 21.23 | 26.36 | top 68.1% | 1,484 / 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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Zenith 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Hangzhou Winter 2025. A 11.85 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Hangzhou Winter 2025.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.