People · China
Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱)
2×2 · top 0.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016WUYU09
Yuyuan Wu (吴宇羱) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.97, set at Xi'an New Year 2025, puts him in the top 0.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2016, he has put 318 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.16 in October 2016 to 0.97, a 77% improvement. Yuyuan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 0.97 | 2.31 | top 0.5% | 45 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 7.98 | 8.71 | top 2.8% | 994 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.42 | 15.51 | top 3.6% | 309 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 56.95 | 1:08.15 | top 4.1% | 194 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 33.11 | 41.12 | top 5.0% | 498 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.28 | 7.31 | top 9.1% | 1,083 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 7.08 | 8.73 | top 34.3% | 2,087 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 31.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,723 / 1,843 |
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
- 5 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.61 at Ningxia Open 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ningxia Open 2018.
- 15 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Autumn 2017.
- 7 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 13.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Zexin Wang (王泽鑫) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.