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Yi Zhao (赵奕)

3×3 · top 13.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010ZHAO14

Yi Zhao (赵奕) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.85, set at Hefei Spring 2014, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,277th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2010, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.44 in July 2010 to 11.85, a 23% improvement. Yi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.85
signature single · Hefei Spring 2014
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.8515.01
top 13.4%5,277 / 28,153
2×23.865.32
top 24.7%4,153 / 15,796
4×41:07.131:10.42
top 44.1%4,155 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed31.3335.40
top 49.7%4,313 / 5,922
5×52:05.192:24.30
top 52.5%2,162 / 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

Hunan Open 2010: 15.44Zhengzhou Open 2011: 13.40Zhengzhou Autumn 2011: 12.58Luoyang Open 2013: 14.88Hefei Spring 2014: 11.8511.8515.4418 Jul 20101 May 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.