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Yizhou Fang (方一舟)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018FANG27

Yizhou Fang (方一舟) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.53, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2018, he has put 166 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.50 in December 2018 to 7.78, a 50% improvement. Yizhou has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.4% of 73,695 all-time
10.53
signature single · Beijing Autumn Begins 2026
166
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed10.5314.12
top 1.4%125 / 5,922
3×37.788.42
top 2.4%874 / 28,153
4×433.5238.01
top 5.4%532 / 5,926
2×22.323.46
top 7.2%1,032 / 15,796
5×51:06.461:12.91
top 9.3%452 / 2,816
6×62:05.302:12.96
top 13.4%285 / 1,349
7×73:18.683:26.32
top 15.9%329 / 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

Beijing Winter 2018: 15.50Beijing Winter 2019: 9.54Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 8.18Beijing Spring Open 2026: 8.33Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 8.18Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 7.78Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 8.157.7815.5031 Dec 201829 Aug 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.