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Yanqi Gao (高延琦)

3×3 · top 62.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011GAOY01

Yanqi Gao (高延琦) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.15, set at Xi'an Autumn Open 2011, puts him in the top 62.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,015th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2011, he has put 21 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.78 in April 2011 to 30.15, an 18% improvement. Yanqi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 62.8% of 284,439 all-time
30.15
signature single · Xi'an Autumn Open 2011
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×330.1534.56
top 62.8%19,015 / 28,153
Pyraminx15.6120.60
top 83.9%8,274 / 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

Xi'an Summer 2011: 36.78Floating Clouds Open 2011: 41.00Xi'an Autumn Open 2011: 30.1530.1541.0010 Apr 20111 Oct 2011

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.