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Yuan Gao (高远)

Pyraminx · top 32.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017GAOY03

Yuan Gao (高远) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Beijing Open 2018, puts her in the top 32.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,583rd in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2017, she has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 44.95 in May 2017 to 37.80, a 16% improvement. Yuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 32.6% of 129,321 all-time
7.57
signature single · Beijing Open 2018
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx7.5718.92
top 32.6%3,583 / 10,224
2×27.3012.69
top 62.8%10,504 / 15,796
3×337.8046.69
top 74.2%21,637 / 28,153
Skewb17.4120.51
top 84.9%4,267 / 5,004

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

Tangshan Open 2017: 44.95Fushun Open 2018: 43.34Beijing Open 2018: 37.8037.8044.9528 May 201730 Apr 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as she improves.