People · China
Yongshen Rao (饶永燊)
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015RAOY01
Yongshen Rao (饶永燊) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.62, set at Maoming Open 2017, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,651st in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2015, he has put 103 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.61 in July 2015 to 10.62, a 16% improvement. Yongshen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.62 | 13.15 | top 9.3% | 3,651 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 43.42 | 48.63 | top 16.3% | 1,769 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.00 | 1:25.65 | top 18.3% | 879 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.91 | 5.44 | top 25.3% | 4,274 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.54 | 35.70 | top 45.6% | 4,058 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 3:54.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,123 / 1,349 |
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
- 23 Jul 2015First competition: Yangjiang Open 2015. A 12.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Maoming Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Yangjiang Open 2015 · 23 Jul 2015
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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kailong Li (李开隆) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.