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David Yang
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008YANG01
David Yang has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.64, set at Berkeley Spring 2019, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,118th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2008, he has put 110 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.55 in March 2008 to 10.64, a 63% improvement. David has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.64 | 12.95 | top 9.4% | 5,118 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 39.99 | 56.53 | top 12.1% | 1,794 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 6.58 | top 17.5% | 6,877 / 40,951 |
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
- 13 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019.
- 19 Mar 2011First sub-20 3×3: 14.46 at Newark Head to Head 2011.
- 19 Mar 2011First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Newark Head to Head 2011.
- 22 Mar 2008First competition: Princeton Open 2008. A 28.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019 · 10 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018
- Newark Head to Head 2011 · 19 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Open 2008 · 22 Mar 2008
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.
- Graham Siggins — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Langer — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.