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Junwen Yao (姚俊文)

3×3 · top 30.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009YAOJ01

Junwen Yao (姚俊文) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.90, set at Hangzhou Open 2010, puts him in the top 30.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,190th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2009, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.78 in April 2009 to 16.90, a 37% improvement. Junwen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.7% of 284,439 all-time
16.90
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2010
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.9020.11
top 30.7%11,190 / 28,153
2×25.067.08
top 40.1%6,923 / 15,796
4×41:13.091:18.14
top 49.9%4,516 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed37.5042.30
top 61.6%4,959 / 5,922
5×52:39.332:45.58
top 70.2%2,570 / 2,816

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

Qingming Festival Open 2009: 26.78Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 18.08Hangzhou Open 2010: 16.9016.9026.786 Apr 200931 Jan 2010

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 1.90 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.