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Jiesen Yao (姚杰森)

3×3 · top 30.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019JIES01

Jiesen Yao (姚杰森) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.71, set at Melbourne Summer 2020, puts him in the top 30.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,822nd in Australia. Across 4 competitions since May 2019, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.08 in May 2019 to 16.71, a 59% improvement. Jiesen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.71
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2020
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×316.7119.72
top 30.1%2,822 / 11,709
2×24.496.53
top 32.8%2,573 / 8,567
Pyraminx7.859.72
top 35.0%1,856 / 5,993
Skewb7.4615.44
top 37.2%1,104 / 3,534
4×41:20.23
top 56.1%1,554 / 3,051

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

Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 41.08Altona Algorithms 2019: 18.58Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 17.38Melbourne Summer 2020: 16.7116.7141.0818 May 201925 Jan 2020

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.