People · China
Yuchen Gao (高雨宸)
3×3 · top 0.096% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025GAOY04
Yuchen Gao (高雨宸) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.87, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 0.096% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in China. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 79 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.92 in April 2025 to 4.87, a 51% improvement. Yuchen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 4.87 | 6.09 | top 0.096% | 50 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.11 | 12.20 | top 0.57% | 51 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 2.57 | top 8.4% | 1,241 / 15,939 |
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
- 1 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026.
- 1 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Start of Summer Beijing 2026.
- 13 Apr 2025First competition: Shenyang Spring 2025. A 11.76 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Shenyang Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Heyu Fu (付荷语) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.