People · China
Xiao Yao (姚骁)
Skewb · top 31.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011YAOX01
Xiao Yao (姚骁) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 6.73, set at Beijing Winter 2019, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,928th in China. Across 18 competitions since January 2011, he has put 240 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.71 in January 2011 to 21.44, a 23% improvement. Xiao has entered 18 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 6.73 | 13.38 | top 31.5% | 1,928 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 4.62 | 9.07 | top 34.5% | 5,924 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.21 | 17.35 | top 38.0% | 4,120 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 21.44 | 26.81 | top 43.9% | 14,688 / 28,153 |
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
- 24 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2015.
- 15 Jan 2011First competition: Beijing Winter 2011. A 27.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Tangshan Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
- Xining Summer Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2015 · 16 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- AnHui University Open 2015 · 29 Mar 2015
- Beijing Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011
- Beijing Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011
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.
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chen Kang (亢晨) — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.