People · China
Yicheng Bao (包亦成)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015BAOY01
Yicheng Bao (包亦成) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Huzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,193rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2015, he has put 562 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.20 in April 2015 to 8.20, a 33% improvement. Yicheng has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.20 | 9.60 | top 3.2% | 1,193 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.21 | 15.32 | top 3.3% | 295 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.42 | 4.55 | top 5.2% | 629 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 3.14 | top 6.0% | 859 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 34.19 | 38.24 | top 6.1% | 628 / 5,999 | |
| Square-1 | 11.49 | 14.36 | top 8.9% | 133 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.34 | 1:15.11 | top 12.0% | 601 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 4.48 | 5.69 | top 14.4% | 887 / 5,030 | |
| 6×6 | 2:12.78 | 2:34.08 | top 16.9% | 382 / 1,363 | |
| Clock | 9.34 | 12.45 | top 21.6% | 491 / 1,887 | |
| 7×7 | 3:37.28 | 3:46.65 | top 22.4% | 461 / 1,274 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.08 | 1:27.11 | top 24.5% | 759 / 1,693 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 24 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2019.
- 10 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2019.
- 30 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at SJTU Open 2018.
- 2 Jul 2016Five personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2016.
- 14 May 2016First sub-10 3×3: 8.67 at Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016.
Competitions
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 10 personal bests set
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jiajun Li (李嘉俊) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.