People · China
Zexu Yan (颜泽旭)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025YANZ06
Zexu Yan (颜泽旭) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.11, set at Foshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 516th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.89 in November 2025 to 7.11, a 20% improvement. Zexu 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 | 7.11 | 10.15 | top 1.5% | 516 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 4.18 | top 10.4% | 1,590 / 15,796 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Nov 2025First competition: Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025. A 8.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ruixuan Dong (董睿轩) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sun Chen Bo (孫晨博) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Boxuan Li (黎柏轩) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.