People · China
Yiheng Zhao (赵一衡)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021ZHAO05
Yiheng Zhao (赵一衡) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Hefei Winter Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,744th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2021, he has put 83 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.87 in March 2021 to 8.87, an 18% improvement. Yiheng has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.87 | 11.37 | top 4.6% | 1,744 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 4.33 | top 8.0% | 1,173 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.90 | 8.33 | top 19.2% | 2,208 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.81 | 44.26 | top 46.2% | 4,089 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 8.84 | 10.91 | top 47.4% | 2,730 / 5,004 |
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
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Hefei Winter Open 2023.
- 27 Mar 2021First competition: Shaoxing Morning 2021. A 10.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021
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.
- Bofan Zhang (张博藩) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.