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Yi Tao (陶羿)

3×3 · top 24.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013TAOY01

Yi Tao (陶羿) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.91, set at Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,141st in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2013, he has put 39 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.75 in August 2013 to 14.91, a 31% improvement. Yi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.91
signature single · Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.9118.81
top 24.1%9,141 / 28,153
2×24.7510.93
top 36.1%6,233 / 15,796
4×41:23.901:37.27
top 59.0%4,984 / 5,926
7×75:52.166:12.36
top 65.7%1,063 / 1,261
6×64:18.594:22.90
early days — 3 solves1,198 / 1,349
5×53:01.72
early days — 2 solves2,673 / 2,816

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

Shanghai Summer 2013: 21.75Shanghai Spring 2014: 21.20Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 14.9114.9121.753 Aug 201314 May 2016

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.