People · China
Yiming Cao (曹一鸣)
Pyraminx · top 9.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CAOY04
Yiming Cao (曹一鸣) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.43, set at Heze Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,164th in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2018, he has put 78 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Yiming has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.43 | 8.25 | top 9.9% | 1,164 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.95 | 13.43 | top 13.7% | 5,411 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 6.68 | top 14.1% | 2,207 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.56 | 20.42 | top 19.3% | 1,945 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 50.24 | 56.01 | top 25.0% | 2,660 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.08 | 1:37.85 | top 26.5% | 1,227 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 8.28 | 10.18 | top 43.4% | 2,551 / 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
- 17 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2019.
- 29 Jul 2018First competition: Beijing Summer 2018. A 12.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2019 · 17 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
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.
- Mengzhu Feng (冯梦珠) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Chenghao Guo (国成浩) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jinxu Li (李锦煦) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.