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Young He (何嘉炀)

Skewb · top 1.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014HEYO01

Young He (何嘉炀) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in China. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 95 competitions since February 2014, he has put 2,118 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 29 DNFs. His Skewb best has come down from 5.90 in December 2016 to 2.16, a 63% improvement. Young has entered 95 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.16
signature single · CubingUSA Western Championship 2023
2,118
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb2.163.95
top 1.8%81 / 5,004
Pyraminx2.504.75
top 2.2%261 / 10,224
Clock4.565.74
top 3.4%58 / 1,843
Square-19.1915.11
top 4.7%58 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves31.00
top 5.1%51 / 1,058
2×22.294.55
top 7.0%988 / 15,796
3×313.6416.53
top 19.7%7,655 / 28,153
Megaminx1:33.391:50.03
top 30.3%912 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed29.1235.68
top 44.6%3,981 / 5,922
5×51:56.432:21.62
top 47.0%2,014 / 2,816
4×41:15.251:29.15
top 51.8%4,618 / 5,926
6×64:04.984:20.37
top 67.1%1,158 / 1,349
7×76:25.866:28.79
top 73.4%1,117 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded6:06.94—
early days — 1 solve1,123 / 1,183

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

South Berwick Open 2016: 5.90Mishawaka Winter 2017: 5.12Anhui University Smart Open 2017: 5.52Shanghai Spring 2017: 5.49World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 5.79Swiss Open 2017: 4.47China Championship 2017: 3.31Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 3.96Yangzhou Open 2017: 4.72Hudson Valley Fall 2017: 4.40TJHSST Fall 2017: 2.22Zibo Open 2017: 3.25Northern Neck Winter 2018: 4.50Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 7.19Hangzhou Spring 2018: 3.84Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 3.72No 3x3x3 Waterloo 2018: 3.69West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 3.09West Coast Cubing Tour - Reno 2018: 2.44CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018: 6.95WCA Asian Championship 2018: 2.56CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 2.39Pittsburgh Open 2018: 3.77Taiyuan Winter 2018: 2.33SJTU Winter Open 2018: 3.48Dunwoody Day Bash 2019: 3.44VES Spring 2019: 2.55GDSY Open 2019: 3.46George School Open 2019: 4.72Beijing Summer 2019: 3.09Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019: 3.96Hefei Summer 2019: 4.87WCA World Championship 2019: 3.28China Championship 2019: 2.93Big and Skewb Utah 2019: 3.22NEU Open 2019: 2.36Shaoxing Open 2019: 2.42SacCubing IX 2020: 3.79Hangzhou Open PM 2021: 2.94Kunshan Side Events 2021: 4.88Berkeley Summer 2022: 3.48Marshall Cubing September 2022: 2.98WCC Western Championship 2022: 3.37Winter WestSide Events 2022: 4.25Cubing in the Valley 2023: 3.43CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 2.16Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 3.40Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 3.63Hudson Valley 2023: 2.56Berkeley Summer 2024: 3.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 3.66Davis Summer 2024: 2.80UCSB Cubing 2024: 3.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 3.82Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 3.592.167.1910 Dec 20166 Apr 2025

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.