People · United States
Roy Yue
Square-1 · top 2.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016YUER02
Roy Yue has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 152nd in the United States. Until May 2014, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2016, he has put 389 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.17 in July 2016 to 9.48, a 72% improvement. Roy has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.16 | 8.85 | top 2.0% | 152 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 11.34 | top 6.1% | 3,354 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.20 | 27.11 | top 15.6% | 2,014 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 5.26 | top 15.6% | 6,111 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.30 | 9.43 | top 22.2% | 5,977 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 54.26 | 57.17 | top 29.8% | 4,679 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 7.73 | 8.81 | top 39.3% | 6,748 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:35.12 | — | top 44.9% | 967 / 2,092 |
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
- 21 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dallas Cubemas 2019.
- 16 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Austin Fall 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019Six personal bests in one day at Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019.
- 15 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Texas Out of School 2019.
- 15 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.76 at Southern Championships 2017.
- 15 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Southern Championships 2017.
Competitions
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dallas Cubemas 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Austin Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Austin Summer 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Out of School 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW With A Twist 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Katy Cubing 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Yeehaw 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Cajun Cube Clash 2017 · 22 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Championships 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Dallas Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Cube Blast 2016 · 16 Jul 2016
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.
- Jason Lee — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Riley Norrid — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.