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Changyu Fan (樊昌宇)

3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018FANC02

Changyu Fan (樊昌宇) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.44, set at Xuzhou Winter 2019, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,419th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2018, he has put 162 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.98 in November 2018 to 10.44, a 30% improvement. Changyu has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.44
signature single · Xuzhou Winter 2019
162
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.4411.41
top 8.8%3,419 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.866.81
top 12.3%1,473 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed22.1527.40
top 26.5%2,606 / 5,922
2×24.024.97
top 26.7%4,520 / 15,796
4×41:44.28
early days — 2 solves5,484 / 5,926

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

Xuzhou Winter 2018: 14.98Hefei Spring 2019: 12.83Xuzhou Spring 2019: 10.88Beijing Summer 2019: 12.32China Championship 2019: 10.49Shandong Open 2019: 10.69Xuzhou Winter 2019: 10.4410.4414.9824 Nov 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.