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Daoming Ye (叶道明)

Skewb · top 3.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016YEDA01

Daoming Ye (叶道明) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at Fuzhou Special 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 210th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since August 2016, he has put 796 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.56 in August 2016 to 10.57, a 46% improvement. Daoming has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.9% of 73,281 all-time
2.77
signature single · Fuzhou Special 2026
796
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb2.774.30
top 3.9%210 / 5,004
2×22.063.95
top 5.2%719 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.865.64
top 7.0%830 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed14.9019.78
top 7.9%770 / 5,922
3×310.5713.12
top 9.2%3,594 / 28,153
Clock6.939.25
top 10.7%236 / 1,843
4×441.0246.98
top 13.3%1,444 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.33
top 17.4%183 / 1,058
5×51:21.951:30.11
top 20.6%982 / 2,816
6×62:42.172:51.39
top 31.9%683 / 1,349
7×74:09.34—
top 34.1%659 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded2:07.83—
top 36.1%523 / 1,183
Square-124.2731.51
top 37.4%630 / 1,362
Megaminx1:55.472:25.05
top 43.4%1,214 / 1,678

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

Shantou Open 2016: 19.56TKK Open 2016: 18.39Quanzhou Open 2016: 20.33Zhangzhou Spring 2017: 14.19Xiamen Open 2017: 12.96Quanzhou Open 2017: 12.21China Championship 2017: 10.62Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 12.33Xiamen Autumn 2017: 12.94Fujian Championship 2018: 12.13Quanzhou Open 2018: 11.31Fuzhou Open 2018: 13.50Xiamen Autumn 2019: 11.79Xiamen Winter 2019: 13.06Shenyang Spring 2025: 14.22Jiangmen Open 2025: 12.43Shenyang Autumn 2025: 12.78Beijing University Cube League 2025: 12.68Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 12.00Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 10.57Fuzhou Summer 2026: 12.7410.5720.337 Aug 201623 Aug 2026

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.