People · China
Yuyan Cao (曹誉严)
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CAOY01
Yuyan Cao (曹誉严) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at Foshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,566th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 68 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.85 in November 2025 to 3.82, a 44% improvement. Yuyan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 12.57 | top 9.1% | 3,566 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 48.43 | 56.28 | top 22.7% | 2,444 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.82 | 4.83 | top 24.2% | 4,043 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.46 | 24.16 | top 24.5% | 2,420 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.48 | 13.17 | top 48.9% | 5,152 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,151 / 2,816 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025First competition: Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025. A 13.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.