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Yi Yang (杨奕)

3×3 · top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008YANG09

Yi Yang (杨奕) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.11, set at ShenYang Open 2011, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,968th in China. Across 12 competitions since December 2008, he has put 235 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.90 in December 2008 to 13.11, a 70% improvement. Yi has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.11
signature single · ShenYang Open 2011
235
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.1115.63
top 17.8%6,968 / 28,153
2×25.116.64
top 40.7%7,042 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded2:38.63
top 46.0%651 / 1,183
3×3 one-handed29.9650.37
top 46.6%4,112 / 5,922
4×41:12.611:24.04
top 49.4%4,474 / 5,926
Pyraminx11.4318.93
top 63.5%6,455 / 10,224

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: 43.90Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 22.68Nanjing Open 2009: 19.71Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 17.96Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 18.52Shanghai Open 2010: 16.72Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 15.15Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011: 14.43Yingkou Open 2011: 14.13ShenYang Open 2011: 13.11Nanjing Autumn 2012: 14.79Suzhou Open 2014: 15.6813.1143.9014 Dec 200812 Jul 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.