People · China
Yating Hu
Square-1 · top 9.4% of 25,662 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018HUYA02
Yating Hu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.74, set at Winter WestSide Events 2022, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 143rd in China. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2018, he has put 134 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.56 in April 2018 to 13.24, a 39% improvement. Yating has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 11.74 | 13.06 | top 9.4% | 143 / 1,373 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.83 | top 18.2% | 3,001 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 13.24 | 17.52 | top 18.4% | 7,286 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.62 | 36.77 | top 36.0% | 3,446 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.94 | 1:31.30 | top 40.7% | 3,978 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.97 | 12.57 | top 52.8% | 5,562 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 10.34 | 13.87 | top 57.1% | 3,177 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,041 / 1,071 |
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
- 18 Aug 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Nisei Week 2018.
- 11 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 15.77 at West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018First competition: Nipomo Spring 2018. A 21.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winter WestSide Events 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Silent Spectacular 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubeChella 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 2018
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
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.
- Michael Young — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Brown — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,557 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.