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Yiqing Tao (陶一卿)

3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017TAOY02

Yiqing Tao (陶一卿) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.17, set at NEU Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,115th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2017, he has put 28 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.57 in August 2017 to 10.17, a 19% improvement. Yiqing has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.17
signature single · NEU Open 2019
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.1712.71
top 8.0%3,115 / 28,153
2×23.905.21
top 25.2%4,238 / 15,796

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

Yangzhou Open 2017: 12.57NEU Open 2019: 10.1710.1712.5720 Aug 201715 Dec 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.