People · China
Fangxu Yu (余方续)
2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015YUFA01
Fangxu Yu (余方续) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Ningxia Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,465th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2015, he has put 157 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.12 in November 2015 to 11.01, a 36% improvement. Fangxu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.39 | top 9.7% | 1,465 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.01 | 12.54 | top 10.5% | 4,111 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.01 | 8.77 | top 11.0% | 649 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 47.44 | 51.80 | top 21.4% | 2,304 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.55 | 23.51 | top 22.0% | 2,192 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 9.88 | 12.35 | top 24.5% | 552 / 1,843 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.27 | 1:50.60 | top 31.5% | 937 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Apr 2017Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.83 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016.
- 29 Nov 2015First competition: Xi'an Open 2015. A 17.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.