People · China
Yongbin Zhao (赵勇镔)
Pyraminx · top 10.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016ZHAO65
Yongbin Zhao (赵勇镔) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.54, set at Jinan Open 2017, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,241st in China. Across 15 competitions since December 2016, he has put 381 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.35 in December 2016 to 13.04, a 58% improvement. Yongbin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 8.61 | top 10.5% | 1,241 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.23 | 6.37 | top 17.0% | 2,726 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 15.60 | top 17.6% | 6,872 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 8.32 | top 24.7% | 1,530 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.16 | 1:43.69 | top 29.6% | 889 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 11.41 | 13.15 | top 32.1% | 762 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 59.65 | 1:14.13 | top 36.1% | 3,560 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.21 | 34.11 | top 42.4% | 3,863 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.20 | — | top 51.9% | 2,144 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 41.34 | 53.86 | top 67.1% | 1,112 / 1,362 | |
| 7×7 | 6:01.90 | 7:22.65 | early days — 3 solves | 1,085 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 17:39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 197 / 278 | |
| 6×6 | 4:40.34 | 5:00.48 | early days — 3 solves | 1,253 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 981 / 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
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2019.
- 16 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at Shijiazhuang Winter 2018.
- 24 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Xuzhou Winter 2018.
- 24 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2018.
- 23 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2017.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shijiazhuang Winter 2018 · 16 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Weifang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenghao Guo (国成浩) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.