People · China
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.48 | 1.13 | top 0.0064% | 6 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.13 | 2.22 | top 0.1% | 10 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 7.09 | 9.58 | top 1.4% | 508 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 3.94 | 4.97 | top 2.2% | 36 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 31.87 | 35.49 | top 4.1% | 394 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 2.83 | 3.58 | top 4.2% | 227 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 59.51 | 1:06.25 | top 5.3% | 247 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.56 | 1:09.93 | top 10.3% | 272 / 1,678 | |
| 7×7 | 3:05.04 | 3:11.72 | top 12.0% | 235 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:04.12 | 2:10.30 | top 12.8% | 274 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.23 | 23.39 | top 15.7% | 1,541 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 37.33 | 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 2 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
- 13 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2024.
- 19 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at NZ South Island Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2024.
Competitions
- Christchurch Winter 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Hamilton 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NUS Masters 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- USM Penang Cube 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2026 · 16 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC New Zealand 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Drury Summer 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisting in Titirangi 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sqauckland 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- South Auckland Side Events 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick Solving at Cobham 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Matariki Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2024 · 19 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Beachside Auckland 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Auckland 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tauranga Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NZ South Island Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- A New Year in Hamilton 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Three Rounds Whangarei 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
- Get Even Mt Eden 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
- Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022 · 22 Jan 2022
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisty Taranaki 2021 · 20 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2021 · 8 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- NxNZ 2019 · 26 Apr 2019
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.