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Youjian Gong (龚友建)

3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017GONG03

Youjian Gong (龚友建) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.44, set at Xiamen Open 2017, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,419th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2017, he has put 33 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Youjian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.44
signature single · Xiamen Open 2017
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.4412.42
top 8.8%3,419 / 28,153
2×26.387.64
top 54.8%9,286 / 15,796

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

Xiamen Open 2017: 10.44Xiamen Autumn 2017: 11.23Fujian Championship 2018: 11.9910.4411.9914 May 201712 May 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 14 May 2017First competition: Xiamen Open 2017. A 12.19 3×3 single to start from.

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.