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Chenkai Yao (姚晨凯)

3×3 · top 34.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009YAOC01

Chenkai Yao (姚晨凯) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.22, set at Hangzhou Open 2010, puts him in the top 34.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,401st in China. Across 2 competitions since August 2009, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.84 in August 2009 to 18.22, a 52% improvement. Chenkai has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 34.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.22
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2010
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.2221.55
top 34.7%12,401 / 28,153
2×26.848.89
top 59.1%9,973 / 15,796

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

Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 37.84Hangzhou Open 2010: 18.2218.2237.849 Aug 200931 Jan 2010

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.22 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.