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Qiang Yu (于强)

3×3 · top 29.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016YUQI01

Qiang Yu (于强) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.36, set at Xi'an New Year 2017, puts him in the top 29.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,705th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2016, he has put 22 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.49 in May 2016 to 16.36, a 12% improvement. Qiang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.0% of 284,439 all-time
16.36
signature single · Xi'an New Year 2017
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.3617.85
top 29.0%10,705 / 28,153
Pyraminx7.6710.91
top 33.4%3,682 / 10,224

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

Xi'an Summer 2016: 18.49Xi'an New Year 2017: 16.36China Championship 2017: 16.9616.3618.498 May 201628 Jul 2017

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 1.36 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.