People · China
Chuanxu Yan (严传旭)
Pyraminx · top 3.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016YANC02
Chuanxu Yan (严传旭) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at Yunnan Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2016, he has put 469 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 3.93 in October 2016 to 2.89, a 26% improvement. Chuanxu has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.89 | 4.70 | top 3.3% | 382 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.45 | 6.66 | top 7.4% | 419 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 12.26 | 14.12 | top 14.8% | 5,822 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 5.73 | top 15.6% | 2,498 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 45.44 | 52.26 | top 18.8% | 2,051 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.32 | 1:27.80 | top 23.3% | 707 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 11.80 | 12.78 | top 34.0% | 811 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.94 | 34.27 | top 36.7% | 3,446 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.51 | 2:17.76 | top 55.7% | 2,249 / 2,816 |
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
- 5 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Summer 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at ZUA Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 13.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Yunnan Open 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2017 · 13 May 2017
- Changsha Xiangmo 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lanzhou Spring 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.