People · United States
Freddie Yuan
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008YUAN01
Freddie Yuan has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at Shanghai Open 2010, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,491st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2008, he has put 107 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.98 in March 2008 to 9.58, a 36% improvement. Freddie 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 12.52 | top 6.3% | 3,491 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.56 | 32.66 | top 30.3% | 3,924 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:18.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,226 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.36 | 1:54.60 | top 62.4% | 10,906 / 19,072 |
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
- 14 Aug 2010First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Shanghai Open 2010.
- 29 Mar 2008First competition: Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008. A 18.92 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Mar 2008First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008.
Competitions
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010 · 7 Feb 2010
- Hangzhou Open 2010 · 31 Jan 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Open 2009 · 6 Dec 2009
- Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009 · 9 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008 · 29 Mar 2008 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xiaobo Jin (金晓波) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shenjia Zhang (张砷镓) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shuang Chen (陈霜) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.