People · China
Gang Duan (段钢)
3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018DUAN05
Gang Duan (段钢) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.18, set at Changsha Open 2023, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,304th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 71 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.26 in April 2018 to 14.18, a 44% improvement. Gang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 14.18 | 15.11 | top 21.6% | 8,304 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 58.15 | 1:09.81 | top 34.5% | 3,419 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.05 | 12.65 | top 45.3% | 4,812 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.59 | 40.27 | top 45.7% | 4,064 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,293 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 7.16 | 7.76 | top 61.7% | 10,334 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 6:42.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,154 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 4:46.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,265 / 1,349 |
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
- 14 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.28 at Changsha Spring Open 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at Changsha Spring Open 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Changsha Spring Open 2019.
- 29 Apr 2018First competition: Changsha Xiangmo 2018. A 25.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Xiangmo 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fan Li (李凡) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiajun Wu (吴佳骏) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 8.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.