People · China
Yufei Hu (胡雨菲)
5×5 · top 6.9% of 40,792 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017HUYU02
Yufei Hu (胡雨菲) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:02.46, set at Hefei August Open 2026, puts her in the top 6.9% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 326th in China. Until January 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2017, she has put 269 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 29.27 in May 2017 to 10.48, a 64% improvement. Yufei has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:02.46 | 1:05.90 | top 6.9% | 326 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 35.41 | 42.26 | top 7.1% | 711 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 12.24 | top 8.9% | 3,470 / 28,153 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.71 | 1:17.17 | top 10.4% | 274 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 2:04.28 | 2:15.52 | top 12.8% | 275 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:11.50 | 3:21.93 | top 13.8% | 275 / 1,261 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 5.39 | top 16.1% | 2,585 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.06 | 24.62 | top 20.6% | 2,057 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 5.32 | 10.22 | top 20.6% | 1,282 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 11.69 | 12.39 | top 33.5% | 794 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 23.25 | 30.48 | top 35.3% | 592 / 1,362 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.34 | 12.87 | top 39.2% | 4,229 / 10,224 |
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
- 15 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Hefei August Open 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Zenith 2026.
- 28 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025.
- 21 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at WIT Open 2018.
- 25 Mar 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.89 at Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018.
- 20 May 2017First competition: Wuhan NxN Open 2017. A 29.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Hefei August Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2021 · 5 Jun 2021
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017
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 her.
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Anyu Zhang (张安宇) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 2.46 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.41 away.
Targets move as she improves.