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Yue Zhao (赵玥)

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAO81

Yue Zhao (赵玥) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at Luoyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,445th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2018, he has put 115 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.57 in December 2018 to 9.58, a 17% improvement. Yue has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.58
signature single · Luoyang Open 2019
115
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.5812.12
top 6.3%2,445 / 28,153
2×22.495.58
top 8.8%1,300 / 15,796
4×444.7350.51
top 18.0%1,950 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.769.90
top 25.9%2,914 / 10,224
Skewb8.969.90
top 48.1%2,758 / 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

Zhengzhou Open 2018: 11.57Anyang Open 2019: 10.49Zhengzhou Open 2019: 11.99Luoyang Open 2019: 9.589.5811.992 Dec 201820 Oct 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.