People · China
Yan Yu (于晏)
Square-1 · top 4.2% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014YUYA01
Yan Yu (于晏) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.83, set at Zhuhai Open 2017, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in China. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2014, he has put 182 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Yan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.83 | 11.80 | top 4.2% | 54 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 12.08 | 15.17 | top 14.2% | 5,589 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 4.74 | top 15.9% | 2,538 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 51.40 | 1:12.89 | top 26.4% | 2,793 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 7.60 | 11.09 | top 38.3% | 2,281 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 14.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,119 / 1,843 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,294 / 2,816 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Guangdong Open 2014.
- 1 Oct 2014Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2014.
- 27 Jul 2014First competition: Huizhou Open 2014. A 15.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhuhai Open 2017 · 29 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Shenzhen New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou Open 2015 · 26 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015 · 1 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Huizhou Open 2014 · 27 Jul 2014
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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ziyuan Lin (林子源) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.