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Yuan Gao (高源)

3×3 · top 27.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013GAOY01

Yuan Gao (高源) has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.84, set at Guangdong Open 2013, puts her in the top 27.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,148th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2013, she has put 38 official solves on the record across five events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.08 in May 2013 to 15.84, a 12% improvement. Yuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.2% of 284,439 all-time
15.84
signature single · Guangdong Open 2013
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.8417.55
top 27.2%10,148 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed27.9132.28
top 41.7%3,802 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.5112.07
top 49.1%5,181 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded3:20.66
early days — 1 solve808 / 1,183
2×26.958.22
top 60.0%10,097 / 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

Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013: 18.08Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 17.41Guangdong Open 2013: 15.8415.8418.081 May 20131 Oct 2013

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 2.91 away.

Targets move as she improves.