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Yao Zhang (章姚)

2×2 · top 18.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ZHAY28

Yao Zhang (章姚) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Wuhu Open 2018, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,923rd in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 62 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.80 in July 2018 to 14.85, a 48% improvement. Yao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.32
signature single · Wuhu Open 2018
62
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.327.17
top 18.0%2,923 / 15,796
3×314.8517.56
top 23.9%9,078 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.0310.74
top 36.4%3,948 / 10,224

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

Hefei Summer 2018: 28.80Wuhu Open 2018: 15.85Xiamen Open 2019: 16.89AHAU Open 2019: 16.67China Championship 2019: 14.8514.8528.8014 Jul 201826 Jul 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.