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Aaron Yao

2×2 · top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019YAOA01

Aaron Yao has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 939th in Canada. Across 6 competitions since March 2019, he has put 108 official solves on the record across seven 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 41.74 in March 2019 to 13.35, a 68% improvement. Aaron has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.98
signature single · Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.985.25
top 14.0%939 / 7,173
3×313.3516.98
top 18.7%1,765 / 10,392
Pyraminx6.477.82
top 23.6%1,009 / 4,858
Skewb7.3710.56
top 36.5%905 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed29.7541.47
top 46.1%1,058 / 2,620
Square-128.6438.94
top 46.9%405 / 952
3×3 Fewest Moves69 moves
early days — 1 solve279 / 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

Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019: 41.74Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019: 17.26SnoCo Fall 2019: 13.35UBC Open 2020: 17.30Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020: 14.6013.3541.7423 Mar 20198 Feb 2020

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.