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Zichao Ye (叶子超)

2×2 · top 19.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012YEZI01

Zichao Ye (叶子超) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at Nanjing Autumn 2014, puts him in the top 19.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,252nd in China. Across 8 competitions since March 2012, he has put 176 official solves on the record across five 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. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.31 in March 2012 to 15.06, an 18% improvement. Zichao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.47
signature single · Nanjing Autumn 2014
176
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
2×23.474.93
top 19.8%3,252 / 15,796
3×315.0617.41
top 24.6%9,290 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.6527.51
top 25.0%2,464 / 5,922
4×41:06.511:14.05
top 43.4%4,105 / 5,926
Pyraminx11.1712.78
top 61.8%6,320 / 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

Hefei Spring 2012: 18.31Nanjing Spring 2012: 17.71Nanjing Autumn 2012: 17.08Nanjing Winter 2012: 18.53Nanjing Normal University 2013: 17.12Nanjing Autumn 2014: 16.43Nanjing Spring 2015: 15.06Nanjing Autumn 2016: 15.9915.0618.5310 Mar 201216 Oct 2016

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.