People · China
Yongyi Xiong (熊永一)
Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010XION04
Yongyi Xiong (熊永一) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at Tianjin Open 2016, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 359th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since November 2010, he has put 841 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.81 in November 2010 to 9.51, a 26% improvement. Yongyi has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.84 | 4.02 | top 3.1% | 359 / 10,224 | |
| Square-1 | 8.46 | 11.88 | top 3.7% | 45 / 1,362 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.42 | top 4.0% | 530 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.51 | 11.88 | top 6.1% | 2,368 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 38.32 | 48.57 | top 10.1% | 1,073 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.33 | 22.08 | top 11.0% | 1,076 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 7.73 | 10.02 | top 13.9% | 294 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 5.22 | 7.55 | top 19.9% | 1,226 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.58 | 1:35.29 | top 26.1% | 1,213 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 41.67 | top 30.0% | 322 / 1,058 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.05 | 1:58.46 | top 41.5% | 1,173 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 3:15.92 | 3:34.05 | early days — 3 solves | 930 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:08.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 925 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:22.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 991 / 1,183 |
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
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 6 Aug 2016Five personal bests in one day at Jinhua Open 2016.
- 15 Jul 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Hefei Open 2016.
- 15 Jul 2016Eight personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2016.
- 28 May 2016Five personal bests in one day at One Night in Beijing 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016Nine personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016.
Competitions
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- Tianjin Winter Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin University Open 2015 · 26 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2012 · 4 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2010 · 14 Nov 2010 — 4 personal bests 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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Chen Kang (亢晨) — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 82 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.