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Xintong Yao (姚歆桐)

3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014YAOX01

Xintong Yao (姚歆桐) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.62, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,969th in China. Across 3 competitions since October 2014, he has put 57 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.41 in October 2014 to 11.62, a 43% improvement. Xintong has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.62
signature single · Hangzhou Autumn 2019
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.6213.96
top 12.6%4,969 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed23.1534.91
top 29.2%2,839 / 5,922
4×453.8457.93
top 29.3%3,024 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.6816.82
top 50.5%5,305 / 10,224
2×27.7510.24
top 66.1%10,927 / 15,796
Skewb23.6627.47
top 93.8%4,635 / 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

Zunyi Open 2014: 20.41China Championship 2015: 14.65Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 11.6211.6220.415 Oct 20149 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.