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Yinqiao Ding (丁尹乔)

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016DING02

Yinqiao Ding (丁尹乔) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018, puts her in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,166th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2016, she has put 65 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.03 in April 2016 to 8.21, a 32% improvement. Yinqiao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.21
signature single · Qianjiang Summer Open 2018
65
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.219.96
top 3.2%1,166 / 28,153

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 12.03Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 12.05Asian Championship 2016: 10.05China Championship 2017: 8.99Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 8.218.2112.052 Apr 201625 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as she improves.