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Wenyu Yao (要文宇)

Skewb · top 75.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017YAOW01

Wenyu Yao (要文宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 14.14, set at Taiyuan Open 2017, puts him in the top 75.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,893rd in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. Wenyu has entered two competitions.

Skewb
best event — top 75.3% of 73,281 all-time
14.14
signature single · Taiyuan Open 2017
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb14.1423.52
top 75.3%3,893 / 5,004
2×29.7512.74
top 76.9%12,464 / 15,796
3×345.9749.20
top 82.9%23,670 / 28,153
Pyraminx15.7922.55
top 84.5%8,336 / 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

Taiyuan Open 2017: 14.14Taiyuan Autumn 2017: 17.6514.1417.657 May 201715 Oct 2017

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-12 Skewb single — 48,404 people have one; it is 2.14 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.