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David Yan

3×3 · top 18.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010YAND02

David Yan has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.41, set at Auckland Autumn Open 2011, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 392nd in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since September 2010, he has put 200 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.58 in September 2010 to 13.41, a 14% improvement. David has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.41
signature single · Auckland Autumn Open 2011
200
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×313.4116.30
top 18.9%392 / 2,095
2×24.225.93
top 29.3%522 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed25.8828.49
top 36.5%198 / 600
Pyraminx8.3412.66
top 39.2%521 / 1,141
4×41:09.181:16.93
top 46.1%308 / 722
5×52:22.332:47.29
top 62.2%213 / 355
Square-145.9355.84
top 72.1%196 / 251

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

Waikato Spring Open 2010: 15.58Auckland Autumn Open 2011: 13.41Auckland Winter Open 2011: 15.19New Zealand Nationals 2012: 13.8013.4115.5825 Sep 20109 Dec 2012

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.