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Ye Na Lee (이예나)

2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014LEEY03

Ye Na Lee (이예나) has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Cutory Blossom 2019, puts her in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2014, she has put 336 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 45.70 in August 2014 to 15.14, a 67% improvement. Ye has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.22
signature single · Cutory Blossom 2019
336
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×22.226.13
top 6.4%178 / 2,319
3×315.1418.89
top 24.9%1,345 / 4,352
Pyraminx7.518.62
top 32.1%487 / 1,271
Megaminx1:39.571:58.52
top 34.4%223 / 524
Skewb7.5512.74
top 37.8%384 / 854
5×52:23.302:39.79
top 62.6%503 / 716
3×3 one-handed56.521:04.42
top 81.7%863 / 966
7×77:15.067:39.86
top 82.5%237 / 254

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

Busan Summer 2014: 45.70KAIST Fall 2014: 35.93Winter Cube Anniversary 2015: 40.50Korean KAIST Style 2015: 28.30Valentine in Daegu 2016: 23.58Jeonju Spring 2016: 23.51Busan Winter 2016: 23.07KAIST Spring 2017: 24.47CWR Fall 2017: 19.36Jeju Open 2017: 20.75Korean CWR Style 2017: 17.53Cutory Autumn Open 2018: 17.94Busan Winter 2018: 15.14Cutory Blossom 2019: 16.54Cube Camp in Wonju 2019: 18.20Daegu Autumn Open 2019: 18.0615.1445.7030 Aug 201413 Oct 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as she improves.