People · China
Yicong Lai (赖艺聪)
Skewb · top 3.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LAIY01
Yicong Lai (赖艺聪) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at Chaozhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 199th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2017, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.00 in June 2017 to 12.43, a 27% improvement. Yicong has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.74 | 6.56 | top 3.8% | 199 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.51 | top 12.3% | 1,928 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.43 | 14.98 | top 15.4% | 6,040 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.76 | 9.29 | top 25.9% | 2,914 / 10,224 |
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
- 20 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at Shantou Open 2017.
- 18 Jun 2017First competition: Chaozhou Open 2017. A 17.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Chaozhou Open 2017 · 18 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jiongyang Zheng (郑炯扬) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lincheng Cai (蔡林成) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.