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Chaofan Yan (严超凡)

Pyraminx · top 23.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012YANC01

Chaofan Yan (严超凡) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.50, set at Dalian Open 2013, puts him in the top 23.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,709th in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2012, he has put 32 official solves on the record across five events. Chaofan has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 23.8% of 129,321 all-time
6.50
signature single · Dalian Open 2013
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx6.5017.53
top 23.8%2,709 / 10,224
3×318.2220.25
top 34.7%12,401 / 28,153
2×26.218.36
top 53.0%9,012 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed44.5648.89
top 71.1%5,378 / 5,922
Clock33.461:14.91
top 88.3%1,737 / 1,843

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

Shanghai Summer 2012: 6.21Dalian Open 2013: 7.316.217.3121 Jul 201227 Oct 2013

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.