People · China
Baichen Yu (俞柏臣)
3×3 · top 8.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018YUBA01
Baichen Yu (俞柏臣) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.46, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,524th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2018, he has put 44 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.68 in March 2018 to 10.46, a 33% improvement. Baichen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.46 | 13.66 | top 8.9% | 3,524 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 5.14 | 6.19 | top 41.1% | 7,189 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,326 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,140 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 13.28 | 16.86 | top 71.9% | 3,781 / 5,030 |
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
- 13 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.42 at Dongguan Open 2019.
- 4 Mar 2018First competition: Dongguan Open 2018. A 15.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Open 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Open 2018 · 4 Mar 2018
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.
- Wong Yuk Chi (黃昱誌) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Taoran Chen (陈陶然) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lianghai Sui (眭亮海) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.