People · China
Yujie Rao (饶喻杰)
Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014RAOY01
Yujie Rao (饶喻杰) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at Xiamen Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 356th in China. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2014, he has put 1,209 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.53 in May 2014 to 2.15, a 53% improvement. Yujie has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.82 | 4.69 | top 3.1% | 356 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 2.85 | 4.91 | top 4.3% | 231 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 8.74 | 11.90 | top 4.3% | 1,627 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.57 | top 5.8% | 813 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 53.86 | 1:03.30 | top 6.9% | 163 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.83 | 18.40 | top 7.8% | 750 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 43.49 | 52.94 | top 16.4% | 1,775 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.26 | 1:41.00 | top 30.1% | 1,355 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 23.06 | 28.96 | top 34.8% | 586 / 1,362 | |
| 7×7 | 4:49.79 | 5:01.70 | top 47.6% | 854 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.64 | 3:58.73 | top 51.3% | 969 / 1,349 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Fujian Championship 2018.
- 12 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Fujian Championship 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 28 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2017.
- 16 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at TKK Open 2016.
- 16 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2016.
Competitions
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Championship 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- TKK Open 2017 · 19 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Autumn 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2017 · 14 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2014 · 2 May 2014 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 92 times
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.