People · China
Yonghua Xie (解永华)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015XIEY03
Yonghua Xie (解永华) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 416th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2015, he has put 634 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.03 in October 2015 to 6.85, a 32% improvement. Yonghua 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.85 | 9.06 | top 1.2% | 416 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 28.44 | 32.88 | top 2.0% | 188 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 4.11 | top 3.6% | 483 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.03 | 17.78 | top 6.2% | 584 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.43 | 1:21.43 | top 14.1% | 690 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.00 | 1:15.02 | top 15.0% | 438 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 244 / 1,058 | |
| Clock | 10.11 | 11.53 | top 25.6% | 583 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 6.92 | 11.30 | top 33.0% | 2,021 / 5,004 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.77 | 3:04.59 | top 34.4% | 721 / 1,349 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.34 | 12.21 | top 39.2% | 4,229 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 4:26.89 | 4:33.97 | top 40.1% | 754 / 1,261 |
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
- 20 Jun 2021Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 13 Aug 2016Six personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2016.
- 14 May 2016Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Nanjing Spring 2016.
Competitions
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Ordos Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter 2019 · 22 Dec 2019
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 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.
- Lin Chen (陈霖) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.