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Chengyao Yang (杨成尧)

Pyraminx · top 20.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017YANG84

Chengyao Yang (杨成尧) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.04, set at Suzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 20.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,315th in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2017, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.90 in August 2017 to 13.93, an 18% improvement. Chengyao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 20.3% of 129,321 all-time
6.04
signature single · Suzhou Open 2018
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx6.0410.19
top 20.3%2,315 / 10,224
3×313.9317.85
top 20.7%8,002 / 28,153
2×24.476.88
top 32.5%5,582 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed27.3233.80
top 40.2%3,704 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded3:54.25
early days — 2 solves915 / 1,183

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

Yangzhou Open 2017: 16.90Suzhou Open 2017: 13.93China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 16.01Suzhou Open 2018: 17.3013.9317.3020 Aug 20175 Aug 2018

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.