People · China
Yongyan Yang (杨咏彦)
3×3 one-handed · top 9.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015YANG34
Yongyan Yang (杨咏彦) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.71, set at Yangjiang Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 924th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2015, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 25.61 in October 2015 to 15.71, a 39% improvement. Yongyan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 one-handed | 15.71 | 20.05 | top 9.6% | 924 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 12.56 | 14.23 | top 15.9% | 6,228 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 5.33 | top 24.6% | 4,130 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 50.04 | 52.23 | top 24.8% | 2,633 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,552 / 2,816 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 5 Mar 2016Four personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015First competition: China Championship 2015. A 17.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yangjiang Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 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.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Qijun Miao (缪其隽) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kailong Li (李开隆) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.