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Naicheng Ye (叶乃诚)

Pyraminx · top 4.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018YENA01

Naicheng Ye (叶乃诚) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.23, set at Meizhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 539th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2018, he has put 173 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.58 in March 2018 to 10.71, a 21% improvement. Naicheng has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.4% of 129,321 all-time
3.23
signature single · Meizhou Open 2018
173
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.239.56
top 4.4%539 / 10,224
3×310.7113.18
top 9.6%3,753 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed19.4524.36
top 19.1%1,913 / 5,922
2×23.544.93
top 20.7%3,400 / 15,796
4×454.1358.70
top 29.7%3,049 / 5,926
Square-125.9036.85
top 41.2%706 / 1,362
Skewb8.5212.12
top 45.1%2,627 / 5,004
5×52:22.30
early days — 2 solves2,421 / 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

Dongguan Open 2018: 13.58Meizhou Open 2018: 11.34Yunnan Open 2018: 11.25Jieyang Winter 2019: 12.18Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.7110.7113.584 Mar 201824 Aug 2019

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 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.