People · China
Yukun Wang (王宇坤)
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015WANG33
Yukun Wang (王宇坤) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.88, set at Suzhou Open 2016, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 934th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2015, he has put 261 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.68 in May 2015 to 7.88, a 19% improvement. Yukun has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 7.88 | 9.27 | top 2.6% | 934 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.66 | 17.21 | top 2.6% | 221 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 4.49 | top 9.0% | 1,330 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 38.77 | 44.38 | top 10.6% | 1,131 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.23 | 1:25.58 | top 16.2% | 792 / 2,816 |
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
- 1 May 2016Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2016.
- 2 May 2015First competition: Chengdu Open 2015. A 10.02 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 May 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Chengdu Open 2015.
- 2 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2015.
Competitions
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 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.
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lin Chen (陈霖) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.