People · China
Yanbo Xu (许砚博)
Skewb · top 22.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018XUYA03
Yanbo Xu (许砚博) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.51, set at Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,403rd in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 42 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.58 in August 2018 to 15.08, a 49% improvement. Yanbo has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.51 | 6.33 | top 22.1% | 1,403 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 15.08 | 18.24 | top 24.8% | 9,505 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 5.97 | 7.37 | top 50.7% | 8,751 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,951 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,452 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.08 | 16.92 | top 67.7% | 6,878 / 10,269 | |
| Square-1 | 51.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,237 / 1,373 |
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
- 28 Feb 2021First sub-20 3×3: 15.08 at Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Shenyang Summer 2018. A 29.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021 · 28 Feb 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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.
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Keming Wang (王可铭) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zihe Wang (王子何) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.