People · United States
Bill Yuan
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014YUAN01
Bill Yuan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Berkeley Fall 2017, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,136th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2014, he has put 285 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.31 in February 2014 to 10.65, a 58% improvement. Bill has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.65 | 12.56 | top 9.4% | 5,136 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.17 | 6.31 | top 12.1% | 1,879 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 5.31 | top 26.0% | 10,226 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 53.84 | 56.63 | top 29.3% | 4,585 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 9.19 | top 31.2% | 8,709 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.70 | 40.63 | top 58.5% | 8,171 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 35.14 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,871 / 6,743 |
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
- 28 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at San Ramon Cubed 2017.
- 12 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.38 at Berkeley Spring 2015.
- 12 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Spring 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015Three personal bests in one day at BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015.
- 21 Feb 2015Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2015.
- 6 Sep 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.85 at Berkeley Summer 2014.
Competitions
- South Enough 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon Cubed 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- BASC 7 2015 · 11 Jul 2015
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2015 · 12 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014 · 2 Nov 2014
- Berkeley Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014 · 14 Jun 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2014 · 19 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014 · 9 Feb 2014
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Riley Woo — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Neil Johnson — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.