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Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍)

Skewb · top 8.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZHON02

Yuyan Zhong (钟雨妍) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.55, set at Taiyuan Open 2016, puts her in the top 8.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 456th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2015, she has put 235 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 5 DNFs. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 8.20 in October 2015 to 5.18, a 37% improvement. Yuyan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.0% of 73,281 all-time
3.55
signature single · Taiyuan Open 2016
235
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.556.88
top 8.0%456 / 5,004
Pyraminx5.186.85
top 14.3%1,695 / 10,224
3×314.1118.05
top 21.4%8,233 / 28,153
2×23.604.60
top 21.4%3,534 / 15,796

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

China Championship 2015: 8.20Beijing Open 2015: 7.15Dongguan Open 2016: 6.91Tangshan Open 2016: 5.23One Night in Beijing 2016: 5.53Taiyuan Open 2016: 5.82Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 5.18Asian Championship 2016: 6.025.188.202 Oct 20151 Oct 2016

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as she improves.