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Kai-Yi Mao (茆鎧驛)

Skewb · top 10.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018MAOK01

Kai-Yi Mao (茆鎧驛) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.88, set at Taiwan Championship 2018, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 122nd in Chinese Taipei. Across 3 competitions since June 2018, he has put 66 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.22 in June 2018 to 12.13, a 55% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 10.1% of 73,281 all-time
3.88
signature single · Taiwan Championship 2018
66
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
Skewb3.889.11
top 10.1%122 / 699
3×312.1315.03
top 14.3%852 / 4,213
2×24.885.52
top 37.8%874 / 1,669
Pyraminx10.5218.47
top 57.0%680 / 1,016
3×3 one-handed36.0438.50
top 59.2%656 / 802
4×41:35.08
early days — 2 solves897 / 1,078

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

Maru X 2018: 27.22Taiwan Championship 2018: 20.40Winnipeg Open 2022: 12.1312.1327.2230 Jun 201818 Jun 2022

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.