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Yu-Ji Cao (曹育吉)

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015CAOY01

Yu-Ji Cao (曹育吉) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at All is Well 2017, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 428th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2015, he has put 57 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. He has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.90
signature single · All is Well 2017
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×39.9011.37
top 7.2%428 / 4,213
4×445.3653.62
top 18.7%399 / 1,078
5×51:38.861:44.88
top 34.5%360 / 639
2×25.586.23
top 46.3%1,028 / 1,669

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

All is Well 2015: 10.14All is Well 2017: 9.909.9010.147 Mar 20158 Apr 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.