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Yue Gao (高越)

3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019GAOY11

Yue Gao (高越) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Fushun Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2019, he has put 166 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in November 2019 to 6.71, a 48% improvement. Yue has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time
6.71
signature single · Fushun Open 2024
166
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.718.47
top 1.0%382 / 28,153
2×21.402.60
top 1.7%200 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.113.49
top 4.0%484 / 10,224
Skewb3.214.88
top 6.1%344 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed14.7916.53
top 7.7%745 / 5,922
4×441.7946.80
top 14.3%1,537 / 5,926
Clock16.14
early days — 2 solves1,227 / 1,843

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

Xuzhou Winter 2019: 12.99Xuzhou Open AM 2021: 9.21Fushun Open 2024: 6.71Xuzhou Open 2024: 8.11Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 7.51Shanghai Summer 2026: 7.446.7112.9924 Nov 20191 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.