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Zhiyi Yang (杨芝懿)

3×3 · top 0.036% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021YANG17

Zhiyi Yang (杨芝懿) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.37, set at Deqing Small & Special 2026, puts him in the top 0.036% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in China. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since May 2021, he has put 860 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.13 in May 2021 to 4.37, a 64% improvement. Zhiyi has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.036% of 284,439 all-time
4.37
signature single · Deqing Small & Special 2026
860
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×34.375.23
top 0.036%26 / 28,153
Pyraminx1.803.24
top 0.83%95 / 10,224
2×21.212.08
top 1.1%117 / 15,796
Skewb2.284.22
top 2.2%107 / 5,004

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

Kunshan Morning 2021: 12.13Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 5.80Changsha Open 2023: 5.35Huzhou Open 2024: 5.70Kunshan Open 2024: 5.81Nanchang Spring 2024: 5.86Chengdu Summer 2024: 5.40Xi'an Open 2024: 5.35Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 5.08Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 5.07Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 5.44Hangzhou Open 2024: 4.79Yancheng Open 2024: 5.33Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 4.82Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 4.80Beijing Summer 2025: 5.02Yancheng Open 2025: 5.59Xi'an Summer 2025: 5.12Taizhou Open 2025: 4.86Zibo Open 2025: 5.20Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 6.38Ningbo Autumn 2025: 4.60Hefei Open 2025: 5.39Xuzhou Open 2025: 4.82Hangzhou Winter 2025: 4.77Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 5.24Xianju NxN 2026: 4.96Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 5.10Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 4.67Deqing Small & Special 2026: 4.37Hangzhou Open 2026: 4.86Shanghai Summer 2026: 4.934.3712.132 May 20211 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.