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Yuyang Zhang (张裕阳)

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009ZHAN65

Yuyang Zhang (张裕阳) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Suzhou Open 2014, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,152nd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2009, he has put 380 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.96 in December 2009 to 12.51, a 50% improvement. Yuyang has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.40
signature single · Suzhou Open 2014
380
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.405.99
top 8.0%1,152 / 15,796
3×312.5114.10
top 15.7%6,151 / 28,153
Pyraminx7.3311.82
top 30.6%3,373 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed24.3227.83
top 32.4%3,122 / 5,922
4×41:10.361:24.79
top 47.2%4,351 / 5,926
5×51:59.302:18.00
top 48.8%2,066 / 2,816
Square-141.3149.09
top 67.0%1,110 / 1,362
Skewb17.9934.56
top 86.1%4,298 / 5,004
6×65:54.866:44.92
early days — 3 solves1,325 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves
early days — 1 solve1,028 / 1,058

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

Nanjing Open 2009: 24.96Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010: 17.58Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 17.11Shanghai Open 2010: 16.25Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 14.28Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011: 14.28Nanjing Spring 2011: 13.43Nanjing Spring 2012: 12.53Shanghai Summer 2012: 17.33Suzhou Open 2012: 13.55Shanghai Maritime Open 2013: 14.99NUAA Open 2013: 14.15Wuxi Open 2013: 14.11Suzhou Open 2014: 13.99China Championship 2015: 12.5112.5124.966 Dec 20092 Oct 2015

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 0.40 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.