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Can Mao (毛灿)

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010MAOC01

Can Mao (毛灿) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.24, set at ZUA Open 2017, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,412th in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2010, he has put 132 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.68 in November 2010 to 11.24, a 48% improvement. Can has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.24
signature single · ZUA Open 2017
132
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.2413.76
top 11.2%4,412 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed19.7525.30
top 19.8%1,984 / 5,922
Megaminx1:28.741:52.06
top 27.4%835 / 1,678
Square-123.7727.56
top 36.4%610 / 1,362
4×41:00.781:03.04
top 37.3%3,660 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded2:12.29
early days — 3 solves545 / 1,183
2×25.136.82
top 40.9%7,083 / 15,796
5×51:55.552:01.79
top 46.3%2,000 / 2,816
Clock15.8418.15
top 51.2%1,197 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves43.33
early days — 3 solves652 / 1,058
Skewb10.9214.51
top 60.4%3,294 / 5,004
Pyraminx11.8212.18
top 66.1%6,677 / 10,224
6×64:18.684:25.46
early days — 3 solves1,199 / 1,349
7×76:16.546:30.64
early days — 3 solves1,105 / 1,261
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 27:06
early days — 2 solves209 / 278
4×4 blindfolded14:34.00
early days — 1 solve125 / 149
5×5 blindfolded28:43.00
early days — 1 solve85 / 95

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

Wuhan Open 2010: 21.68Luoyang Open 2013: 11.68Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 12.09ZUA Open 2017: 11.2411.2421.6814 Nov 201025 Mar 2017

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.