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Ye Zhao (赵晔)

3×3 · top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008ZHAO07

Ye Zhao (赵晔) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.01, set at Nanjing Open 2009, puts him in the top 37.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,022nd in China. Across 4 competitions since December 2008, he has put 69 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.31 in December 2008 to 19.01, a 50% improvement. Ye has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time
19.01
signature single · Nanjing Open 2009
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.0123.42
top 37.1%13,022 / 28,153
2×25.527.86
top 45.5%7,804 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed37.2145.56
top 61.2%4,935 / 5,922
Square-141.3348.23
top 67.1%1,111 / 1,362
4×41:37.592:06.14
top 69.0%5,353 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded5:29.06
early days — 1 solve1,107 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves
early days — 1 solve1,028 / 1,058

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

Nanjing Open 2008: 38.31Qingming Festival Open 2009: 28.02Nanjing Open 2009: 19.01Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 19.9519.0138.3114 Dec 200825 Apr 2010

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.01 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.