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Yixuan Cao (曹奕轩)

Pyraminx · top 48.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016CAOY02

Yixuan Cao (曹奕轩) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.37, set at Dalian Open 2018, puts her in the top 48.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,074th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2016, she has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 14.89 in April 2016 to 9.37, a 37% improvement. Yixuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 48.0% of 129,321 all-time
9.37
signature single · Dalian Open 2018
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx9.3714.79
top 48.0%5,074 / 10,224
2×26.3910.82
top 54.9%9,303 / 15,796
3×328.4430.32
top 59.7%18,289 / 28,153
Skewb16.8920.48
top 83.7%4,221 / 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

Shenyang Open 2016: 14.89Dalian Open 2018: 9.37Shenyang Open 2018: 9.509.3714.8923 Apr 201623 Jun 2018

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as she improves.