People · China
Yumeng Yao (姚羽檬)
Pyraminx · top 6.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024YAOY01
Yumeng Yao (姚羽檬) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.64, set at Dalian Open 2024, puts her in the top 6.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 715th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2024, she has put 88 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 6.12 in June 2024 to 3.64, a 41% improvement. Yumeng has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.64 | 6.83 | top 6.0% | 715 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 13.75 | top 6.3% | 2,445 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 4.78 | top 25.2% | 4,238 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.66 | 9.94 | top 31.0% | 1,896 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.93 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,903 / 5,926 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Shenyang Autumn 2025.
- 16 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.85 at Dalian Open 2024.
- 16 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dalian Open 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First competition: Dandong Yalu River Open 2024. A 16.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeyuan Li (李泽元) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Hongyu Jiang (姜宏禹) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as she improves.