People · China
Yintao Wu (吴洇滔)
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018WUYI05
Yintao Wu (吴洇滔) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at Suzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 298th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2018, he has put 237 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.78 in August 2018 to 9.28, a 33% improvement. Yintao has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.59 | 2.75 | top 2.6% | 298 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.71 | 4.40 | top 2.7% | 320 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.28 | 12.71 | top 5.5% | 2,146 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.39 | 23.57 | top 11.1% | 1,085 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 4.48 | 5.89 | top 14.3% | 874 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 49.54 | 1:13.06 | top 24.1% | 2,573 / 5,926 | |
| Square-1 | 20.39 | 24.86 | top 28.8% | 488 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 774 / 1,058 |
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
- 13 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Huzhou Open 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at SJTU Winter Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Nanjing Spring 2018.
Competitions
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sicheng Gu (顾思成) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.