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James Yang
3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017YANG58
James Yang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Berkeley Summer 2023, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,423rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2017, he has put 82 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.93 in June 2017 to 10.78, a 43% improvement. James 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 | 10.78 | 12.89 | top 9.9% | 5,423 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 49.70 | 58.88 | top 24.4% | 3,786 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.70 | 27.41 | top 30.7% | 4,023 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.96 | 13.49 | top 52.7% | 15,608 / 29,168 |
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
- 12 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.68 at Berkeley Spring 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter B 2023.
- 11 Jun 2017First competition: UCSD Summer 2017. A 18.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Summer 2017 · 11 Jun 2017
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.
- Nolan Lata Yiu — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Stanley Tran — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Chea — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 9.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.