People · China
Yinjie Gao (高胤杰)
Pyraminx · top 9.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016GAOY05
Yinjie Gao (高胤杰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.41, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,151st in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2016, he has put 110 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.53 in October 2016 to 13.35, a 46% improvement. Yinjie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.41 | 8.55 | top 9.8% | 1,151 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.82 | top 14.6% | 2,296 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.35 | 16.83 | top 18.7% | 7,270 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 9.79 | top 24.7% | 1,530 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,989 / 5,926 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.35 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.85 at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 30 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 24.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Chengyang Song (宋成阳) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xuan Chen (陈玄) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.