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Hongyu Yao (姚泓宇)

3×3 · top 10.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024YAOH01

Hongyu Yao (姚泓宇) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.94, set at Dalian Open 2024, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,024th in China. Across 3 competitions since January 2024, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.23 in January 2024 to 10.94, a 33% improvement. Hongyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.3% of 284,439 all-time
10.94
signature single · Dalian Open 2024
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.9414.22
top 10.3%4,024 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.786.82
top 11.9%1,419 / 10,224
Skewb4.867.06
top 17.1%1,061 / 5,004
2×23.444.53
top 19.4%3,193 / 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

Fushun Open 2024: 16.23Shenyang Spring 2024: 13.20Dalian Open 2024: 10.9410.9416.2328 Jan 202416 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.