People · China
Di Fan (樊迪)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010FAND01
Di Fan (樊迪) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,698th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2010, he has put 130 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.69 in November 2010 to 8.82, a 36% improvement. Di has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.82 | 10.04 | top 4.5% | 1,698 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.44 | 19.65 | top 11.2% | 1,099 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 4.42 | top 19.2% | 3,146 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.05 | 1:41.86 | top 65.9% | 5,244 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2016Five personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 13 May 2012First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Inner Mongolia 2012.
- 23 Apr 2011Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring 2011.
- 21 Nov 2010First competition: Tianjin Open 2010. A 14.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia 2012 · 13 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 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.
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.