People · China
Yiyao Yin (殷奕尧)
4×4 · top 0.84% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018YINY03
Yiyao Yin (殷奕尧) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.52, set at Xianju NxN 2026, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in China. Until June 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 230 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.66 in June 2018 to 6.86, a 50% improvement. Yiyao 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 25.52 | 29.72 | top 0.84% | 74 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 6.86 | 8.76 | top 1.2% | 421 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 48.28 | 56.06 | top 1.3% | 50 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.61 | 15.22 | top 3.8% | 335 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 2.78 | top 6.5% | 920 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.08 | 9.02 | top 13.7% | 1,621 / 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
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 6.89 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 30 Jun 2018First competition: SJTU Open 2018. A 13.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.