People · China
Yang Xue (薛阳)
2×2 · top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017XUEY04
Yang Xue (薛阳) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.04, set at Shijiazhuang Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 698th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2017, he has put 162 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His Skewb best has come down from 9.34 in May 2017 to 3.21, a 66% improvement. Yang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 4.95 | top 5.0% | 698 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 3.21 | 5.03 | top 6.1% | 344 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 8.12 | top 19.3% | 2,213 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 14.56 | 16.38 | top 22.9% | 8,751 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 14.20 | 15.69 | top 44.7% | 1,053 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 30.24 | 47.67 | top 49.8% | 859 / 1,362 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,973 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.34 | 48.24 | top 67.2% | 5,206 / 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
Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Beijing Winter 2019.
- 7 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2019.
- 30 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shijiazhuang Open 2019.
- 7 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.34 at Beijing Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2018.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017
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.
- Yubo Ji (纪宇博) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yu Feng (冯煜) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.