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Yi Wei (危毅)

3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2007 · 2007WEIY01

Yi Wei (危毅) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.86, set at Guangdong Open 2013, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,749th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2007, he has put 621 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.90 in October 2007 to 9.86, a 34% improvement. Yi has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.86
signature single · Guangdong Open 2013
621
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.8611.93
top 7.1%2,749 / 28,153
2×22.844.03
top 12.4%1,941 / 15,796
4×441.5246.85
top 13.9%1,509 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.808.97
top 18.5%2,132 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed19.6124.95
top 19.5%1,955 / 5,922
5×51:40.681:49.62
top 35.9%1,614 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
top 51.8%610 / 1,058
Skewb9.7419.70
top 53.3%2,971 / 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

Guangdong Open 2007: 14.90Hong Kong Open 2008: 12.84Guangdong Open 2008: 12.18Hong Kong Open 2009: 12.03Guangdong Open 2009: 11.61Hong Kong Open 2010: 11.91Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011: 13.75World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 12.27Guangzhou SCUT 2012: 11.25Guangzhou SCAU 2012: 11.68Guiyang Open 2012: 11.83Guangdong Open 2012: 10.90Asian Championship 2012: 12.02Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012: 10.05Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013: 11.36Guangdong Open 2013: 9.86Guangzhou Small Cubes 2014: 13.70Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 11.10Guangdong Open 2014: 12.089.8614.901 Oct 20071 Oct 2014

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.