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Shun Yao (姚舜)

2×2 · top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013YAOS02

Shun Yao (姚舜) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 861st in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2013, he has put 220 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.22 in October 2013 to 2.19, a 65% improvement. Shun has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.19
signature single · Xi'an Open 2016
220
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.193.83
top 6.1%861 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded54.77
top 11.4%173 / 1,183
Square-113.8617.16
top 13.8%206 / 1,362
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 28:31
top 29.6%81 / 278
4×455.3359.37
top 31.1%3,149 / 5,926
3×317.1520.18
top 31.5%11,453 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed26.4327.72
top 37.9%3,540 / 5,922
Pyraminx10.4015.85
top 56.1%5,830 / 10,224
7×75:19.905:37.96
early days — 3 solves974 / 1,261
5×5 blindfolded19:20.00
early days — 1 solve59 / 95
Clock19.5323.16
top 63.3%1,415 / 1,843
4×4 blindfolded11:24.00
early days — 2 solves107 / 149
5×52:45.51
top 72.9%2,601 / 2,816
Skewb15.8919.55
top 81.0%4,124 / 5,004

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

Dalian Open 2013: 6.22BUAA Open 2014: 4.16Shenyang Open 2014: 6.31Hefei Open 2015: 3.23Xi'an Open 2016: 2.19Zhenjiang Open 2016: 3.122.196.3127 Oct 201320 Nov 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 4.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.