People · China
Poyue Guo (郭泊岳)
2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017GUOP01
Poyue Guo (郭泊岳) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Xuzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,346th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2017, he has put 147 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.08 in August 2017 to 11.98, a 40% improvement. Poyue has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.79 | top 9.1% | 1,346 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.98 | 12.42 | top 13.8% | 5,462 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 5.40 | 6.38 | top 21.2% | 1,316 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:31.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 330 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 56.85 | 1:01.07 | top 32.9% | 3,297 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.70 | 2:18.74 | top 42.4% | 1,876 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.60 at Xuzhou Open 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2018.
- 23 Dec 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.20 at Zibo Open 2017.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Yangzhou Open 2017. A 20.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Hefei 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenghao Guo (国成浩) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.