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Zichen Yao (姚子晨)

3×3 one-handed · top 38.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016YAOZ02

Zichen Yao (姚子晨) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 26.80, set at Linyi Open 2016, puts him in the top 38.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,608th in China. Across 1 competition since August 2016, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 38.9% of 73,695 all-time
26.80
signature single · Linyi Open 2016
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed26.8030.18
top 38.9%3,608 / 5,922
3×319.9621.98
top 39.8%13,691 / 28,153

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 story so far

  • 7 Aug 2016First competition: Linyi Open 2016. A 19.96 3×3 single to start from.

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.