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Zhuangjia Yao (姚壮加)

3×3 · top 38.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012YAOZ01

Zhuangjia Yao (姚壮加) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.40, set at Shantou Open 2013, puts him in the top 38.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,304th in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2012, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.59 in December 2012 to 19.40, an 18% improvement. Zhuangjia has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.2% of 284,439 all-time
19.40
signature single · Shantou Open 2013
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.4023.06
top 38.2%13,304 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed40.1948.73
top 65.5%5,143 / 5,922

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

Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012: 23.59Guangzhou SCAU Open 2013: 20.57Shantou Open 2013: 19.4019.4023.599 Dec 201219 Jul 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.40 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.