People · China
Zhenxiao Yao (姚振笑)
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018YAOZ01
Zhenxiao Yao (姚振笑) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Xinxiang Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,717th in China. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2018, he has put 125 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.24 in December 2018 to 9.83, a 13% improvement. Zhenxiao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.83 | 11.62 | top 7.0% | 2,717 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.02 | 18.31 | top 8.2% | 790 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 50.46 | 54.44 | top 25.3% | 2,682 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.73 | top 32.2% | 5,510 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.92 | 21.06 | top 81.5% | 8,060 / 10,224 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Xinxiang Open 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018First competition: Zhengzhou Open 2018. A 11.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Summer 2021 · 23 May 2021
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xinxiang Open 2019 · 22 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Anyang Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Zhengzhou Open 2018 · 2 Dec 2018
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.
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Songtao Zhang (张松涛) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.