People · China
Yibo Wang (王一博)
2×2 · top 5.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016WANY07
Yibo Wang (王一博) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Shaoxing Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 733rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2016, he has put 120 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.50 in August 2016 to 2.06, a 76% improvement. Yibo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 4.21 | top 5.2% | 733 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.13 | 14.79 | top 7.9% | 3,141 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.30 | 7.97 | top 15.1% | 1,799 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 52.95 | 59.83 | top 28.4% | 3,003 / 5,999 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Winter Open 2023.
- 18 Apr 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at Hangzhou Open AM 2021.
- 6 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.02 at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 6 Aug 2016First competition: Jinhua Open 2016. A 24.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.