People · United States
Richard Jaemin Yong
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017YONG02
Richard Jaemin Yong has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at Nisei Week 2019, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,360th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2017, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.61 in March 2017 to 10.80, a 52% improvement. Richard 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.80 | 14.28 | top 9.9% | 5,360 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.87 | 8.10 | top 59.4% | 24,343 / 40,951 |
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
- 27 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.66 at West LA Spring 2019.
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.04 at Newport Fall 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First competition: Qualifornia 2017. A 22.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 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.
- June Burkhardt — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Young — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Davani — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.