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Yutao Ye (叶雨涛)

2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014YEYU01

Yutao Ye (叶雨涛) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,267th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2014, he has put 272 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.06 in July 2014 to 11.72, a 39% improvement. Yutao has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.47
signature single · Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015
272
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.475.56
top 8.6%1,267 / 15,796
Skewb3.925.74
top 10.3%616 / 5,004
3×311.7214.02
top 12.9%5,106 / 28,153
4×444.0855.59
top 17.2%1,850 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.008.84
top 20.0%2,288 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed21.2423.45
top 23.9%2,367 / 5,922
Megaminx2:21.84
top 57.3%1,416 / 1,678
5×52:36.69
top 68.9%2,549 / 2,816
Clock22.54
early days — 1 solve1,533 / 1,843

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

Huizhou Open 2014: 19.06Guangdong Open 2014: 18.42Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 17.77Shenzhen Open 2015: 11.88Huizhou Open 2015: 14.56Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015: 14.58China Championship 2015: 15.92Huizhou Open 2018: 11.72Shenzhen Open 2018: 13.2411.7219.0627 Jul 201421 Jul 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 0.47 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.