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Daniel Yao Yang

3×3 · top 44.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019YANG60

Daniel Yao Yang has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.58, set at AZCubing Summer 2019, puts him in the top 44.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,510th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2019, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.47 in May 2019 to 21.58, a 12% improvement. Daniel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.3% of 284,439 all-time
21.58
signature single · AZCubing Summer 2019
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.5823.86
top 44.3%25,510 / 59,724
2×25.917.96
top 50.0%20,308 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.8213.56
top 59.2%17,360 / 28,708

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

STMHS Spring 2019: 24.47China Championship 2019: 22.24AZCubing Summer 2019: 21.5821.5824.4718 May 201931 Aug 2019

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.