People · China
Kaiyuan Gao (高凯源)
3×3 · top 18.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013GAOK01
Kaiyuan Gao (高凯源) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.19, set at Yangzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,237th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2013, he has put 57 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.24 in April 2013 to 13.19, a 19% improvement. Kaiyuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.19 | 15.39 | top 18.2% | 7,237 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.53 | 12.84 | top 40.9% | 4,437 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 5.13 | 6.24 | top 41.0% | 7,170 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,864 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 18.03 | 22.98 | top 58.9% | 1,370 / 1,887 | |
| Skewb | 11.17 | 15.41 | top 61.8% | 3,373 / 5,030 |
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
- 1 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.08 at Nanjing Spring 2015.
- 6 Apr 2013First competition: Nanjing Normal University 2013. A 16.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Normal University 2013 · 6 Apr 2013
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.
- Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jinhao Zheng (郑金昊) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.