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Kai Yang (杨凯)

3×3 · top 22.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013YANG24

Kai Yang (杨凯) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.49, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 22.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,679th in China. Across 11 competitions since October 2013, he has put 213 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.58 in October 2013 to 14.49, a 30% improvement. Kai has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.7% of 284,439 all-time
14.49
signature single · Asian Championship 2016
213
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.4916.59
top 22.7%8,679 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.4010.33
top 23.0%2,623 / 10,224
7×73:50.714:07.02
top 27.4%547 / 1,261
5×51:31.851:39.30
top 28.8%1,314 / 2,816
2×24.267.04
top 29.8%5,109 / 15,796
4×457.511:07.42
top 33.7%3,356 / 5,926
Megaminx2:21.26
early days — 3 solves1,413 / 1,678
6×63:38.573:46.91
top 58.1%1,058 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed36.8242.97
top 60.5%4,903 / 5,922
Skewb17.3124.57
top 84.7%4,256 / 5,004
Clock43.53
early days — 1 solve1,801 / 1,843

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

Hebei University 2013: 20.58TUT 2013: 22.16Beijing Winter Open 2013: 18.44Beijing Open 2015: 21.25Tangshan Open 2016: 16.94One Night in Beijing 2016: 16.40Asian Championship 2016: 14.4914.4922.1613 Oct 20131 Oct 2016

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.49 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.