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Yiling Yuan (袁艺凌)

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015YUAN05

Yiling Yuan (袁艺凌) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.30, set at ZUA Open 2017, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,872nd in China. Across 7 competitions since November 2015, he has put 117 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.11 in November 2015 to 12.30, a 13% improvement. Yiling has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.30
signature single · ZUA Open 2017
117
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.3013.72
top 14.9%5,872 / 28,153
2×23.445.36
top 19.4%3,193 / 15,796
4×451.511:00.22
top 26.6%2,805 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed23.1132.01
top 29.1%2,831 / 5,922
Megaminx1:37.272:02.46
top 32.9%983 / 1,678
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves42.33
early days — 3 solves369 / 1,058
Skewb7.5813.42
top 38.1%2,271 / 5,004
Pyraminx9.4014.59
top 48.2%5,092 / 10,224
Square-129.8242.50
top 49.1%840 / 1,362
5×52:09.46
early days — 2 solves2,235 / 2,816
Clock17.5230.44
top 57.2%1,309 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded6:26.33
early days — 1 solve1,135 / 1,183

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

Wuhan University Open 2015: 14.11Wuhan Open 2016: 13.32Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 13.27ZUA Open 2017: 12.30Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 12.4912.3014.111 Nov 201525 Mar 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.