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Yizhi Cui (崔益智)

3×3 one-handed · top 4.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CUIY04

Yizhi Cui (崔益智) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.24, set at Lishui Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 426th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since July 2016, he has put 796 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.97 in July 2016 to 10.27, a 53% improvement. Yizhi has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 4.8% of 73,695 all-time
13.24
signature single · Lishui Open 2025
796
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed13.2420.78
top 4.8%426 / 5,922
3×310.2712.75
top 8.3%3,230 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.897.41
top 12.5%1,498 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded1:07.491:41.19
top 15.4%224 / 1,183
2×24.125.67
top 28.0%4,754 / 15,796
4×453.391:00.04
top 28.8%2,987 / 5,926
Skewb8.3411.13
top 43.9%2,573 / 5,004
Clock14.9019.64
top 47.6%1,120 / 1,843
Megaminx2:08.58—
top 50.4%1,315 / 1,678
Square-131.6140.78
top 52.5%905 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves50.67
top 55.5%652 / 1,058
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 7 cubes · 49:05—
top 59.7%155 / 278
4×4 blindfolded12:29.0014:45.00
top 68.5%114 / 149
5×5 blindfolded27:57.00—
early days — 1 solve84 / 95
5×53:19.95—
early days — 2 solves2,718 / 2,816

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

Hefei Open 2016: 21.97Jinhua Open 2016: 23.58Nanjing Autumn 2016: 18.44Yangzhou Open 2017: 20.02Hefei Open 2017: 15.00Lishui University Open 2018: 14.04Xuzhou Open 2018: 14.86Hangzhou Open 2018: 13.97Wuhu Open 2018: 14.80Wuhu Open 2019: 12.45AHAU Open 2019: 14.02China Championship 2019: 14.21Taizhou Open 2019: 13.00Nanjing Autumn 2019: 14.77Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 13.95Shenyang Open 2023: 14.00Hangzhou Spring 2024: 13.22Kunshan Open 2024: 10.27Cube Camp in Nakhon Nayok 2024: 11.66Vietnam Championship 2024: 13.66Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 14.17Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 12.47Linhai Newcomers 2025: 13.26Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 12.59Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 12.58Lishui Open 2025: 12.21Taizhou Open 2025: 10.48Hefei Open 2025: 12.76Xianju NxN 2026: 10.35Deqing Small & Special 2026: 12.3010.2723.5815 Jul 201626 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.