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Yao Wang (王瑶)

3×3 · top 12.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013WANG52

Yao Wang (王瑶) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.67, set at Wuxi Open 2015, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,037th in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2013, he has put 117 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.48 in August 2013 to 11.67, a 19% improvement. Yao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.67
signature single · Wuxi Open 2015
117
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.6714.52
top 12.7%5,037 / 28,153
4×449.3857.18
top 24.0%2,548 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed21.7925.54
top 25.4%2,498 / 5,922
2×24.735.49
top 35.9%6,190 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.0411.86
top 36.5%3,963 / 10,224
5×52:01.79
early days — 2 solves2,107 / 2,816

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

Wuxi Open 2013: 14.48Suzhou Open 2014: 15.21Wuxi Open 2015: 11.67Zhenjiang Open 2015: 14.35Shanghai Spring 2016: 13.2811.6715.2117 Aug 201319 Mar 2016

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 1.67 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.