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Kenneth Yau

3×3 · top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009YAUK01

Kenneth Yau has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.25, set at Battle of Waterloo 2013, puts him in the top 31.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,114th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since March 2009, he has put 47 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Kenneth has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.25
signature single · Battle of Waterloo 2013
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×317.2519.16
top 31.8%3,114 / 10,392
2×27.0210.31
top 60.6%4,414 / 7,173
4×42:36.94
early days — 2 solves2,891 / 3,118

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

Toronto Open Winter 2009: 18.94Toronto Open Spring 2010: 18.86Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 18.72Battle of Waterloo 2013: 17.2517.2518.947 Mar 200929 Sep 2013

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 2.25 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.