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Yibin Yao (姚伊斌)

2×2 · top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018YAOY05

Yibin Yao (姚伊斌) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.40, set at Zibo Open 2024, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,104th in China. Across 8 competitions since December 2018, he has put 167 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.78 in December 2018 to 16.71, a 27% improvement. Yibin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.40
signature single · Zibo Open 2024
167
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.405.97
top 19.0%3,104 / 15,796
3×316.7119.66
top 30.1%11,031 / 28,153
Pyraminx7.379.88
top 30.9%3,398 / 10,224
Skewb7.8814.47
top 40.3%2,391 / 5,004
4×41:22.86
top 58.2%4,943 / 5,926

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

Zibo Open 2018: 22.78Hengyang Open 2019: 17.19Shenyang Open 2019: 18.44Huzhou Open 2019: 24.07China Championship 2019: 24.52Changsha Autumn 2019: 16.99Zibo Open 2019: 19.12Zibo Open 2024: 16.7116.7124.521 Dec 201819 May 2024

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.