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Yongqi Tian (田永奇)

3×3 · top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011TIAN02

Yongqi Tian (田永奇) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.59, set at Taiyuan Winter Open 2016, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,594th in China. Across 4 competitions since May 2011, he has put 43 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.44 in May 2011 to 13.59, a 54% improvement. Yongqi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.59
signature single · Taiyuan Winter Open 2016
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.5919.04
top 19.5%7,594 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed24.4928.81
top 32.8%3,158 / 5,922
5×52:05.302:10.67
top 52.6%2,166 / 2,816
4×41:16.411:18.65
top 52.9%4,673 / 5,926
7×76:27.58
early days — 1 solve1,121 / 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

Taiyuan 2011: 29.44Taiyuan Open 2012: 17.59Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 13.5913.5929.4421 May 201120 Nov 2016

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.