People · China
Ziyue Ding (丁子越)
Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014DING05
Ziyue Ding (丁子越) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Suzhou Open 2016, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in China. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2014, he has put 417 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.92 in March 2015 to 2.50, a 68% improvement. Ziyue has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.50 | 4.52 | top 2.2% | 261 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.47 | top 5.4% | 750 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.99 | 19.55 | top 10.2% | 992 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 10.98 | 13.02 | top 10.4% | 4,078 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 42.79 | 45.57 | top 15.5% | 1,678 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.33 | 1:16.51 | top 15.8% | 465 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 9.43 | 11.04 | top 22.1% | 489 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 5.67 | 7.40 | top 23.2% | 1,449 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.63 | 1:57.75 | top 41.6% | 1,845 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 46.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,174 / 1,362 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.22 at Suzhou Open 2016.
- 2 Jul 2016Eleven personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 6 Jun 2015Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015.
- 1 Jan 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.09 at Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015.
- 1 Oct 2014First competition: Guangdong Open 2014. A 21.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen New Year 2017 · 1 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 11 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015 · 15 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015 · 1 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014
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.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Lincheng Cai (蔡林成) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Jiawei Wu (伍嘉维) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.