People · Netherlands
Ziquan Yang
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018YANG89
Ziquan Yang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.58, set at Dutch Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 146th in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 229 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.89 in June 2018 to 7.58, a 65% improvement. Ziquan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.58 | 10.02 | top 2.1% | 146 / 2,294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.25 | 19.24 | top 13.2% | 86 / 726 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 3.74 | top 14.3% | 353 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 47.09 | 50.58 | top 20.9% | 247 / 1,000 | |
| Skewb | 11.23 | 22.15 | top 62.1% | 0 / 957 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.24 | 19.87 | top 74.2% | 0 / 1,283 |
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
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Arnhem Open A 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.57 at Dutch Winter South 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.96 at Dutch Winter South 2024.
- 15 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Rijswijk Open 2018.
- 13 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.35 at Dutch Open 2018.
- 13 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2018.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Heerenveen Open 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arnhem Open A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Veenendaal Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Mattheo de Wit — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mika Smulders — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.