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Yufang Du (杜昱方)

3×3 · top 0.0032% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023DUYU01

Yufang Du (杜昱方) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.0032% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in China. Until June 2023, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since February 2023, he has put 751 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 5.15 in February 2023 to 3.34, a 35% improvement. Yufang has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.0032% of 284,439 all-time
3.34
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2026
751
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×33.344.36
top 0.0032%7 / 28,153

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

Lat Krabang Cubing 2023: 5.15Shambala Cubing Day 2023: 5.01Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 5.32Chongqing Open 2023: 4.91Hefei Winter Open 2023: 4.31Changsha Open 2023: 4.84Hangzhou Spring 2024: 4.79Xuzhou Open 2024: 4.86Shenyang Spring 2024: 4.73Nanchang Spring 2024: 4.56Zibo Open 2024: 4.83Tianjin Open 2024: 4.84Chengdu Summer 2024: 5.15Xi'an Open 2024: 4.37Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 3.86Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 4.43Zhengzhou Open 2024: 4.42Beijing Winter 2025: 3.72Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 4.54Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 4.35Beijing Summer 2025: 4.07Taizhou Open 2025: 4.01Shenyang Autumn 2025: 4.10Beijing University Cube League 2025: 3.46Xi'an Autumn 2025: 4.48Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 4.10Hangzhou Winter 2025: 4.02Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 4.26Beijing Winter 2026: 4.02Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 3.88Xianju NxN 2026: 3.90Beijing Spring Open 2026: 3.84Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 4.07Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 3.83Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 4.07Hangzhou Open 2026: 3.34Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026: 4.03Weihai Open 2026: 3.64Nanchang Summer 2026: 3.56Wuhu Open 2026: 3.83Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026: 3.96Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 3.65Fuzhou Summer 2026: 3.95Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 3.753.345.3218 Feb 202329 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-3 3×3 single — 3 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.