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Yuanxian Huang (黄远宪)

Skewb · top 4.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017HUAN85

Yuanxian Huang (黄远宪) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Wuhan Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 259th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2017, he has put 384 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.43 in November 2017 to 9.42, a 24% improvement. Yuanxian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.7% of 73,281 all-time
2.94
signature single · Wuhan Open 2019
384
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb2.945.47
top 4.7%259 / 5,004
3×39.4211.46
top 5.9%2,272 / 28,153
4×438.2447.63
top 10.0%1,062 / 5,926
2×22.854.29
top 12.6%1,967 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed18.9425.20
top 17.6%1,747 / 5,922
Pyraminx5.687.60
top 17.6%2,038 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 3 solves610 / 1,058

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

Nanchang Open 2017: 12.43WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 15.61Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 13.12Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 10.33Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 9.45Wuhan University Open 2018: 10.17WIT Open 2018: 10.33WHUT Open 2018: 9.53Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019: 10.48Wuhan Open 2019: 9.42China Championship 2019: 9.539.4215.6111 Nov 201726 Jul 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.