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Yu-Yi Tang (湯于一)

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015TANG03

Yu-Yi Tang (湯于一) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Kaohsiung Open 2016, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2015, he has put 505 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.47 in April 2015 to 9.71, a 62% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.27
signature single · Kaohsiung Open 2016
505
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×21.273.31
top 1.3%29 / 1,669
3×39.7111.47
top 6.7%403 / 4,213
4×439.6146.94
top 11.7%264 / 1,078
5×51:12.331:19.89
top 13.3%194 / 639
3×3 one-handed25.3536.99
top 35.1%447 / 802
Skewb8.2112.11
top 42.9%394 / 699
Pyraminx9.9813.45
top 52.9%646 / 1,016
Megaminx2:41.67
early days — 2 solves291 / 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 line so far

Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015: 25.47Taiwan Cubing League - Kaohsiung 2015: 16.71Big Cubes Challenge 2016: 15.14Taichung Cube Open 2016: 13.56Maru Cube Day 2016: 12.95Kaohsiung Open 2016: 11.68Taiwan Championship 2016: 11.53Kaohsiung Winter Open 2016: 12.10Kaohsiung Summer Open 2017: 10.54Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017: 11.16Cubing Tainan 2018: 9.71Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018: 10.78Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 10.85WCA Asian Championship 2018: 12.16Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018: 10.61Zhuyuangang Open 2019: 9.849.7125.475 Apr 201516 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.