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Yao Zeng (曾耀)

2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZENG05

Yao Zeng (曾耀) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 854th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since August 2016, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events.

2×2
best event — top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.18
signature single · Xi'an Open 2016
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.188.15
top 6.0%854 / 15,796
3×317.3419.77
top 32.1%11,647 / 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 story so far

  • 13 Aug 2016First competition: Xi'an Open 2016. A 17.34 3×3 single to start from.

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.