People · China
Yiyang Ma (马熠阳)
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 5.1% of 12,294 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024MAYI02
Yiyang Ma (马熠阳) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 25 moves, set at FMC World 2026, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in China. Across 15 competitions since March 2024, he has put 194 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in March 2024 to 11.50, a 14% improvement. Yiyang 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 Fewest Moves | 25 moves | 30.00 | top 5.1% | 51 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 38.62 | — | top 6.5% | 111 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 39.23 | 47.51 | top 11.2% | 1,193 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 12.51 | top 12.2% | 4,786 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.32 | 7.61 | top 22.4% | 2,553 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 4.61 | top 24.3% | 4,070 / 15,796 | |
| Square-1 | 19.78 | 27.31 | top 27.5% | 463 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 10.56 | 12.85 | top 27.8% | 647 / 1,843 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.10 | 1:40.13 | top 28.2% | 1,290 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 6.79 | 7.68 | top 32.0% | 1,955 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,050 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.01 | 27.89 | top 36.9% | 3,459 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 3:05.27 | 3:20.87 | early days — 3 solves | 852 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 6 cubes · 51:54 | — | early days — 3 solves | 128 / 278 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 8:37.27 | — | top 48.5% | 88 / 149 | |
| 7×7 | 5:00.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 893 / 1,261 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Linhai Newcomers 2025.
- 1 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Hangzhou Spring 2024. A 13.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Hefei 2026 · 10 May 2026
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Linhai Newcomers 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai FMC Summer 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ziyi Xu (徐梓翼) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yizhi Cui (崔益智) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 8.62 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.