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Calvin Yong
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013YONG02
Calvin Yong has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at US Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 971st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2013, he has put 509 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in July 2013 to 11.78, a 36% improvement. Calvin has entered 14 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.01 | 4.77 | top 3.7% | 971 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 3.96 | top 10.9% | 4,307 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.78 | 13.99 | top 13.1% | 7,044 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.70 | 24.67 | top 19.7% | 2,529 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 51.47 | 56.96 | top 26.5% | 4,082 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.62 | 1:51.83 | top 36.6% | 2,915 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 9.01 | 15.46 | top 48.5% | 8,639 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 51.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,147 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 7:27.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,671 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 59 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,904 / 2,040 |
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
- 29 Nov 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Florida Feast 2014.
- 1 Aug 2014Five personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2014.
- 26 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Yale Fall 2013.
- 26 Jul 2013First competition: World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sunny Showdown 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
- Cubing Knights 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Knights 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Central Florida Summer 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Scramble 2016 · 10 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- For The Love Of Cubing 2016 · 13 Feb 2016
- Cubetoberfest 2015 · 3 Oct 2015
- Cubing Knights 2015 · 13 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Florida Spring 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Florida Feast 2014 · 29 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Yale Fall 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
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.
- James Olarte — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Jayson Frascatore — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
- James LaChance — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.