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Joe Yang
2×2 · top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017YANG12
Joe Yang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Eugene Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 771st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2017, he has put 737 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.21 in January 2018 to 8.56, a 55% improvement. Joe has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 3.23 | top 1.9% | 771 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 8.56 | 8.93 | top 3.9% | 2,221 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.34 | 4.65 | top 4.9% | 1,290 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 36.44 | 40.00 | top 8.2% | 1,252 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 3.64 | 4.76 | top 8.6% | 1,340 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 12.07 | 17.32 | top 10.1% | 719 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.70 | 1:10.96 | top 10.2% | 804 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.47 | 1:15.56 | top 13.0% | 906 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.79 | 25.35 | top 17.3% | 2,259 / 15,900 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.76 | 2:46.81 | top 24.0% | 860 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 3:48.27 | 4:11.99 | top 26.5% | 754 / 3,236 | |
| Clock | 12.34 | 15.36 | top 36.6% | 2,975 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,265 / 2,059 |
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
- 26 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Keep Portland Weird 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Oregon State Leap Day 2020.
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Oregon State Favorites 2019.
- 11 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lincoln City 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Rose City 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Rose City 2019.
Competitions
- Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Eugene Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Rose City 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Leap Day 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Favorites 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Lincoln City 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Rose City 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Oregon Championship 2019 · 8 Mar 2019 — 10 personal bests set
- Oregon State 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Open 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Rose City 2018 · 8 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
- Keep Portland Weird 2017 · 4 Mar 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.
- Asher Kim-Magierek — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Tripp Peters — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.