People · China
Ye Tao (陶冶)
4×4 · top 5.7% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017TAOY01
Ye Tao (陶冶) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 33.82, set at Battersea Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 566th in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2017, he has put 130 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Ye has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 33.82 | 37.55 | top 5.7% | 566 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.46 | 12.18 | top 8.8% | 3,446 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.86 | 1:16.37 | top 9.6% | 465 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.24 | 22.97 | top 21.1% | 2,101 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.36 | 5.68 | top 31.1% | 5,326 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 5:31.91 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,309 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 33.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,907 / 5,004 |
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
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ningxia Open 2018.
- 13 Aug 2017First competition: Ningxia Open 2017. A 11.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ziyue Ma (马子越) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yixi Li (李懿汐) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.82 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.