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Youji Cheng

3×3 · top 71.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017CHEY27

Youji Cheng has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.79, set at Halifax Open 2018, puts him in the top 71.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event. Across 3 competitions since October 2017, he has put 23 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.27 in October 2017 to 35.79, a 21% improvement. Youji has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.6% of 284,439 all-time
35.79
signature single · Halifax Open 2018
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×335.7946.07
top 71.6%0 / 10,392
2×218.4033.74
top 94.4%0 / 7,173
4×42:51.923:02.33
top 95.5%0 / 3,118

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

Atlantic Open Fall 2017: 45.27Halifax Open 2018: 35.79Halifax Open 2019: 38.1935.7945.2721 Oct 201723 Mar 2019

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.79 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 3.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.