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Yankai Xu (许彦凯)

3×3 · top 13.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019XUYA03

Yankai Xu (许彦凯) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.86, set at Hangzhou Open AM 2021, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,294th in China. Across 2 competitions since November 2019, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.01 in November 2019 to 11.86, a 34% improvement. Yankai has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 13.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.86
signature single · Hangzhou Open AM 2021
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.8613.38
top 13.4%5,294 / 28,153
2×23.444.38
top 19.4%3,193 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.2212.67
top 54.7%5,697 / 10,224

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

Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 18.01Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 11.8611.8618.019 Nov 201918 Apr 2021

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 1.86 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.