People · China
Ziyao Yang (杨紫尧)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024YANG02
Ziyao Yang (杨紫尧) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.95, set at Beijing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 972nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2024, he has put 122 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.93 in January 2024 to 7.95, a 39% improvement. Ziyao has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 7.95 | 10.58 | top 2.7% | 972 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.44 | 44.41 | top 11.5% | 1,218 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 3.77 | top 14.8% | 2,346 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.26 | 22.37 | top 15.8% | 1,554 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 9.27 | top 18.7% | 2,158 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.36 | 1:35.13 | top 28.4% | 1,301 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 39.33 | early days — 3 solves | 459 / 1,058 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 28 Jan 2024First competition: Fushun Open 2024. A 12.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024
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.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zizhen Li (李子贞) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.