People · China
Du Yang (杨都)
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YANG45
Du Yang (杨都) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.45, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,305th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2018, he has put 76 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.25 in April 2018 to 9.45, a 34% improvement. Du has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.45 | 10.84 | top 6.0% | 2,305 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.72 | 49.12 | top 11.8% | 1,258 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.29 | 1:16.46 | top 12.5% | 615 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.55 | 8.63 | top 16.8% | 1,961 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 828 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,499 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 5.00 | 6.12 | top 39.3% | 6,780 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Nanjing Spring 2018. A 14.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Morning 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
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.
- Zhibo Jin (金智博) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.