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Deyu Yao (姚德煜)

3×3 one-handed · top 26.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017YAOD01

Deyu Yao (姚德煜) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 22.01, set at Fujian Championship 2018, puts him in the top 26.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,566th in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2017, he has put 50 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.51 in July 2017 to 6.19, an 18% improvement. Deyu has entered two competitions.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 26.1% of 73,695 all-time
22.01
signature single · Fujian Championship 2018
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed22.0135.38
top 26.1%2,566 / 5,922
3×316.1520.75
top 28.3%10,483 / 28,153
Skewb6.5810.91
top 30.3%1,864 / 5,004
Pyraminx7.3714.44
top 30.9%3,398 / 10,224
2×26.196.57
top 52.8%8,983 / 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

Quanzhou Open 2017: 7.51Fujian Championship 2018: 6.196.197.512 Jul 201712 May 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.01 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.