People · China
Yanzhe Yu (于砚喆)
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019YUYA01
Yanzhe Yu (于砚喆) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.41, set at Beijing Spring AM 2021, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,391st in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2019, he has put 112 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.70 in January 2019 to 10.41, a 73% improvement. Yanzhe 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.41 | 12.03 | top 8.7% | 3,391 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.30 | 8.75 | top 22.2% | 2,537 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 4.16 | 5.46 | top 28.5% | 4,853 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,656 / 5,926 |
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
- 4 Apr 2021Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring AM 2021.
- 15 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.32 at NEU Open 2019.
- 15 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.77 at NEU Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-30 3×3: 23.63 at Qinhuangdao Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019First competition: Shenyang New Year 2019. A 38.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019
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.
- Jiaming Zhang (张嘉铭) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mingxuan Wu (吴明轩) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.