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Pei Yang (杨沛)

Skewb · top 9.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016YANG38

Pei Yang (杨沛) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.73, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 533rd in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2016, he has put 113 official solves on the record across seven events. His Skewb best has come down from 11.55 in May 2016 to 3.73, a 68% improvement. Pei has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 9.1% of 73,281 all-time
3.73
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017
113
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.737.17
top 9.1%533 / 5,004
Pyraminx5.947.73
top 19.5%2,233 / 10,224
3×318.8324.50
top 36.6%12,891 / 28,153
Clock17.0218.11
top 55.5%1,282 / 1,843
2×26.958.26
top 60.0%10,097 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded3:55.36
early days — 1 solve922 / 1,183
3×3 one-handed44.00
early days — 1 solve5,360 / 5,922

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

One Night in Beijing 2016: 11.55Asian Championship 2016: 12.83Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 3.73Beijing Open 2017: 5.58China Championship 2018: 5.943.7312.8328 May 20162 Oct 2018

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 0.73 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.