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Yichao Wu (伍毅超)

5×5 · top 40.3% of 40,792 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008WUYI01

Yichao Wu (伍毅超) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:46.52, set at Guangdong Open 2009, puts him in the top 40.3% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,798th in China. Across 3 competitions since October 2008, he has put 44 official solves on the record across five events. His 5×5 best has come down from 2:10.21 in October 2008 to 1:46.52, an 18% improvement. Yichao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 40.3% of 40,792 all-time
1:46.52
signature single · Guangdong Open 2009
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
5×51:46.521:56.31
top 40.3%1,798 / 2,816
7×75:02.135:19.20
top 51.3%901 / 1,261
4×41:23.521:27.87
top 58.7%4,965 / 5,926
3×328.2531.82
top 59.3%18,219 / 28,153
6×64:25.944:47.52
early days — 3 solves1,229 / 1,349

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 2008: 2:10.21Shenzhen Summer Open 2009: 2:01.91Guangdong Open 2009: 1:46.521:46.522:10.211 Oct 20081 Oct 2009

Best single per competition, 5×5. 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-1:30 5×5 single — 11,140 people have one; it is 16.52 away.
  • A sub-5:00 7×7 single — 7,196 people have one; it is 2.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.