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Yuki Gao

2×2 · top 0.0064% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019GAOY01

Yuki Gao has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.48, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts her in the top 0.0064% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in China. Until November 2022, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since April 2019, she has put 2,542 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 2×2 best has come down from 7.31 in April 2019 to 0.48, a 93% improvement. Yuki has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.0064% of 186,767 all-time
0.48
signature single · Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026
2,542
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×20.481.13
top 0.0064%6 / 15,796
Pyraminx1.132.22
top 0.1%10 / 10,224
3×37.099.58
top 1.4%508 / 28,153
Clock3.944.97
top 2.2%36 / 1,843
4×431.8735.49
top 4.1%394 / 5,926
Skewb2.833.58
top 4.2%227 / 5,004
5×559.511:06.25
top 5.3%247 / 2,816
Megaminx1:00.561:09.93
top 10.3%272 / 1,678
7×73:05.043:11.72
top 12.0%235 / 1,261
6×62:04.122:10.30
top 12.8%274 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed18.2323.39
top 15.7%1,541 / 5,922
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves37.33
top 30.0%322 / 1,058

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

NxNZ 2019: 7.31Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019: 5.69A New Year in Auckland 2021: 2.25Twisty Taranaki 2021: 2.19NZ North Island Championship 2021: 1.44Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022: 1.90Get Even Mt Eden 2022: 1.62Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 1.61New Zealand Nationals 2022: 1.08A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 1.31Palmerston North 2023: 0.92Auckland Autumn 2023: 1.66Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 1.41NZ South Island Championship 2023: 1.05Tauranga Open 2023: 1.51NZ North Island Championship 2023: 1.44New Zealand Nationals 2023: 1.43A New Year in Auckland 2024: 1.27Beachside Auckland 2024: 1.23NZ South Island Championship 2024: 0.98Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 1.29Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 1.20Australian Nationals 2024: 1.12South Auckland Side Events 2024: 1.08Max Speed Milford 2024: 0.85New Zealand Nationals 2024: 1.04A New Year in Auckland 2025: 1.15Sqauckland 2025: 1.18Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 0.95Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 1.35Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 0.97Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 1.132x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 1.33Beachside Auckland 2025: 0.87Australian Nationals 2025: 0.56New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 1.04Drury Summer 2025: 1.08New Zealand Nationals 2025: 0.73A New Year in Auckland 2026: 1.03Melbourne Summer 2026: 0.74NZ North Island Championship 2026: 0.89USM Penang Cube 2026: 1.24Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 0.48Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 1.12Auckland Winter Open 2026: 0.84GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 0.78Christchurch Winter 2026: 0.670.487.3126 Apr 20198 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 her.

  • Elyas Eyou — met in 378 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
  • Levi Eyou — met in 358 rounds, finished ahead 110 times
  • Brandon Harris — met in 356 rounds, finished ahead 163 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as she improves.