People · China
Yu Ding (丁羽)
3×3 · top 0.84% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025DING02
Yu Ding (丁羽) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.49, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 315th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 142 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.75 in January 2025 to 6.49, a 16% improvement. Yu 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.49 | 7.84 | top 0.84% | 315 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.32 | 3.04 | top 1.8% | 206 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 3.08 | top 5.3% | 741 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 3.48 | 5.34 | top 7.6% | 433 / 5,004 |
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
- 4 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Xi'an New Year 2025. A 7.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
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.
- Wei Ding (丁伟) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiayao Guo (郭家瑶) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.