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Xizhou Yao (姚熙洲)

Skewb · top 24.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017YAOX02

Xizhou Yao (姚熙洲) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.85, set at Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,521st in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2017, he has put 106 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.91 in May 2017 to 4.03, a 69% improvement. Xizhou has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 24.6% of 73,281 all-time
5.85
signature single · Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018
106
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb5.856.77
top 24.6%1,521 / 5,004
Pyraminx6.8410.99
top 26.5%2,971 / 10,224
2×24.035.71
top 26.9%4,551 / 15,796
3×318.3622.53
top 35.2%12,527 / 28,153
Clock18.0120.74
top 58.8%1,339 / 1,843
4×41:23.62
top 58.8%4,970 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed47.85
early days — 1 solve5,526 / 5,922

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

Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 12.91Yangzhou Open 2017: 7.35Shanghai Winter 2018: 6.53Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 4.03Suzhou Open 2018: 5.17SJTU Winter Open 2018: 4.464.0312.9120 May 201730 Dec 2018

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-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.