People · Canada
Jennifer Yu
2×2 · top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YUJE01
Jennifer Yu has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Return to Toronto 2019, puts her in the top 3.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2018, she has put 279 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.08 in April 2018 to 9.93, a 60% improvement. Jennifer has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 4.45 | top 3.7% | 240 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 11.18 | top 7.3% | 692 / 10,502 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.98 | 7.32 | top 7.6% | 268 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 4.87 | 10.17 | top 17.2% | 384 / 2,928 | |
| 4×4 | 47.56 | 55.05 | top 21.6% | 557 / 3,180 |
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
- 27 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Oakville Fall B 2022.
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2019.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 14.46 at Oakville Limited Fall 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Oakville Limited Fall 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First competition: Niagara Select 2018. A 25.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites B 2023 · 19 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- 3x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Autumn Limited 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 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 her.
- Thomas Imada — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Wu — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
Targets move as she improves.