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Yu Yao (姚禹)

3×3 · top 25.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015YAOY01

Yu Yao (姚禹) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.35, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,619th in China. Across 7 competitions since March 2015, he has put 116 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.23 in March 2015 to 15.35, a 28% improvement. Yu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.35
signature single · Asian Championship 2016
116
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.3517.16
top 25.6%9,619 / 28,153
2×24.786.10
top 36.5%6,298 / 15,796
Skewb7.5210.11
top 37.6%2,251 / 5,004
Pyraminx10.3317.48
top 55.6%5,786 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed47.03
early days — 1 solve5,484 / 5,922

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

AnHui University Open 2015: 21.23One Night in Beijing 2016: 18.05Asian Championship 2016: 15.35Tangshan Open 2017: 16.76Luoyang Open 2017: 16.14Beijing Open 2017: 15.89China Championship 2018: 16.1715.3521.2329 Mar 20152 Oct 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.