People · China
Yizhou Xiao (肖轶洲)
Skewb · top 8.6% of 74,164 all-time · competing since June 2026 · 2026XIAO03
Yizhou Xiao (肖轶洲) has been competing for 4 months. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.64, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 498th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2026, he has put 116 official solves on the record across twelve events. Yizhou has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.64 | 7.78 | top 8.6% | 498 / 5,030 | |
| 6×6 | 2:01.47 | 2:23.64 | top 11.6% | 253 / 1,363 | |
| Clock | 8.17 | 9.52 | top 15.9% | 359 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 | 12.57 | 16.12 | top 16.0% | 6,375 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 4.12 | top 16.6% | 2,702 / 15,939 | |
| 7×7 | 3:22.88 | 3:39.42 | top 17.3% | 370 / 1,274 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.93 | 1:19.89 | top 18.7% | 578 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.86 | 1:27.91 | top 19.1% | 935 / 2,857 | |
| 4×4 | 45.78 | 50.20 | top 19.3% | 2,134 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.95 | 8.66 | top 35.8% | 3,935 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,016 / 5,994 | |
| Square-1 | 34.20 | — | top 57.2% | 979 / 1,373 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026.
- 15 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Hefei August Open 2026.
- 19 Jun 2026First competition: Guangzhou Special 2026.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Hefei August Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Guangzhou Special 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 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.
- Sun Chen Bo (孫晨博) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenshuo Wang (王晨硕) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-2:00 6×6 single — 1,962 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.