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Youxun Yao (姚友勋)

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014YAOY02

Youxun Yao (姚友勋) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Hefei Spring 2014, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,685th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since May 2014, he has put 55 official solves on the record across eight events.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.65
signature single · Hefei Spring 2014
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.6514.04
top 9.4%3,685 / 28,153
2×23.333.73
top 18.1%2,949 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.438.63
top 31.4%3,454 / 10,224
4×41:00.601:05.46
top 37.1%3,644 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed27.0330.36
top 39.4%3,653 / 5,922
Skewb7.959.14
top 40.9%2,417 / 5,004
Clock16.8217.82
top 54.8%1,271 / 1,843
Square-148.92
early days — 1 solve1,205 / 1,362

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 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.