People · China
Yue Yu (于越)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017YUYU01
Yue Yu (于越) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.11, set at Hangzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 532nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2017, he has put 198 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.00 in April 2017 to 7.11, a 68% improvement. Yue has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.11 | 9.13 | top 1.5% | 532 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.00 | 7.02 | top 13.2% | 1,587 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 4.81 | top 16.4% | 2,683 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.67 | 24.15 | top 25.2% | 2,517 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 11.37 | 12.31 | top 62.9% | 3,434 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:54.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,070 / 1,184 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.11 at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 4 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2017.
- 16 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Suzhou Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at China Championship 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017First competition: Nanjing Spring 2017. A 22.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Zibo Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xinwei Zhou (周欣伟) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yujiang Wang (王玉江) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.