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Yulong Shao (邵玉龙)

3×3 · top 26.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016SHAO04

Yulong Shao (邵玉龙) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.55, set at Beijing Open 2018, puts him in the top 26.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,833rd in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2016, he has put 25 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.40 in May 2016 to 15.55, a 47% improvement. Yulong has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.3% of 284,439 all-time
15.55
signature single · Beijing Open 2018
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.5517.91
top 26.3%9,833 / 28,153

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

One Night in Beijing 2016: 29.40Asian Championship 2016: 20.97Beijing Open 2017: 19.65Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 18.38Beijing Open 2018: 15.5515.5529.4028 May 201630 Apr 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.