People · China
Ziyi Yang (杨子一)
2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018YANZ14
Ziyi Yang (杨子一) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Ningbo Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 587th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2018, he has put 296 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in November 2018 to 9.69, a 28% improvement. Ziyi 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 | 1.94 | 3.93 | top 4.4% | 587 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.81 | 18.72 | top 5.8% | 546 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.69 | 11.21 | top 6.6% | 2,563 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 37.08 | 40.32 | top 8.8% | 908 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.38 | 1:18.18 | top 13.3% | 653 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 4.61 | 9.35 | top 15.3% | 942 / 5,004 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.59 | 2:25.88 | early days — 3 solves | 428 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:45.16 | 4:09.04 | top 25.4% | 509 / 1,261 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.78 | 11.27 | top 34.4% | 3,770 / 10,224 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xianju Bayberry 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Ningbo Autumn 2025.
- 3 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2019.
- 24 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Spring 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First competition: Hangzhou Open 2018. A 15.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hongtong Zhu (朱泓同) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.