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Ziyue Yang (杨子跃)

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018YANG98

Ziyue Yang (杨子跃) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Xuzhou Spring 2019, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 903rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2018, he has put 261 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.07 in July 2018 to 7.83, a 14% improvement. Ziyue has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.83
signature single · Xuzhou Spring 2019
261
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.839.21
top 2.5%903 / 28,153
Square-17.8210.66
top 2.8%36 / 1,362
Skewb2.725.05
top 3.7%192 / 5,004
4×436.2642.11
top 7.9%823 / 5,926
2×22.442.97
top 8.3%1,218 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.185.26
top 8.6%1,031 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed17.2618.85
top 13.2%1,319 / 5,922
Megaminx1:32.501:52.46
top 29.8%893 / 1,678

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 Summer 2018: 9.07Xuzhou Spring 2019: 7.83China Championship 2019: 8.99Xuzhou Winter 2019: 8.397.839.0714 Jul 201824 Nov 2019

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.