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Yao Li (李瑶)

3×3 · top 61.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010LIYA05

Yao Li (李瑶) has been competing for 16 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.18, set at Taiyuan 2011, puts her in the top 61.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,608th in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2010, she has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 50.22 in December 2010 to 29.18, a 42% improvement. Yao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 61.1% of 284,439 all-time
29.18
signature single · Taiyuan 2011
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×329.1835.40
top 61.1%18,608 / 28,153

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

Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010: 50.22Taiyuan 2011: 29.18ShenYang Open 2011: 30.6829.1850.2226 Dec 20104 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.18 away.

Targets move as she improves.