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Yuan Yao (姚远)

3×3 · top 41.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009YAOY01

Yuan Yao (姚远) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.36, set at Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009, puts him in the top 41.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,991st in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2009, he has put 12 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.80 in April 2009 to 20.36, a 34% improvement. Yuan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 41.0% of 284,439 all-time
20.36
signature single · Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.3622.72
top 41.0%13,991 / 28,153
2×28.9610.54
top 73.3%11,957 / 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

Qingming Festival Open 2009: 30.80Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 20.3620.3630.806 Apr 20099 Aug 2009

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.