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Yung-Kuan Kuo (郭永寬)

2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010KUOY01

Yung-Kuan Kuo (郭永寬) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Taiwan Summer 2011, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 252nd in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2010, he has put 115 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.66 in August 2010 to 13.53, a 62% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.52
signature single · Taiwan Summer 2011
115
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×22.528.59
top 9.1%252 / 1,669
3×313.5318.46
top 19.3%1,143 / 4,213
4×41:09.401:17.31
top 46.3%720 / 1,078
Clock16.3325.99
top 53.0%230 / 366
3×3 one-handed35.4340.05
top 58.1%646 / 802
Pyraminx13.7218.10
top 76.5%861 / 1,016
5×53:01.533:16.95
top 78.6%568 / 639

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

Taiwan Summer Open 2010: 35.66Taiwan Winter Open 2011: 21.97Taiwan Summer 2011: 18.28Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 15.41Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 13.53Maru Cube for Kids Day 2014: 15.69Taiwan Summer Open 2014: 18.56Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015: 15.17Maru X 2018: 19.2713.5335.6628 Aug 201030 Jun 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.