People · China
Yunchu Wang (王云楚)
Skewb · top 2.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021WANG43
Yunchu Wang (王云楚) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Hefei Winter Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 119th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2021, he has put 133 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His Skewb best has come down from 4.51 in April 2021 to 2.33, a 48% improvement. Yunchu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.33 | 2.72 | top 2.3% | 119 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.84 | 4.81 | top 3.1% | 359 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 10.97 | top 5.2% | 1,969 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.24 | top 5.5% | 770 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 47.31 | 49.45 | top 21.2% | 2,290 / 5,926 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Hefei Winter Open 2023.
- 25 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Hefei Winter Open 2023.
- 20 Jun 2021Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021.
- 23 May 2021Three personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Summer 2021.
- 4 Apr 2021First competition: Beijing Spring PM 2021. A 12.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer 2021 · 23 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Zesheng Li (李泽生) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.