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Yanqing Zhao
Pyraminx · top 30.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024ZHAO03
Yanqing Zhao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.30, set at Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,443rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2024, he has put 77 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.14 in January 2024 to 19.73, a 15% improvement. Yanqing has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.30 | 11.03 | top 30.3% | 8,443 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 5.88 | top 35.6% | 14,236 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 19.73 | 25.59 | top 39.2% | 22,167 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 2:53.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,538 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,366 / 19,072 |
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
- 27 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.73 at Quick in Quincy 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First competition: The Battle of Lexington 2024. A 23.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- A Morning in Cambridge 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
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.
- Gabriel Garber Burd — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Durette — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.