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Huan Yuan (袁欢)

4×4 · top 4.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010YUAN08

Huan Yuan (袁欢) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.06, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 406th in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since December 2010, he has put 1,011 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.16 in December 2010 to 9.73, a 43% improvement. Huan has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 4.2% of 83,917 all-time
32.06
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017
1,011
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×432.0641.05
top 4.2%406 / 5,926
3×39.7310.54
top 6.7%2,617 / 28,153
Megaminx57.051:06.94
top 8.4%209 / 1,678
7×73:09.473:25.70
top 13.1%263 / 1,261
5×51:12.421:22.67
top 13.4%656 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed18.8022.26
top 17.2%1,705 / 5,922
6×62:17.882:26.23
top 19.5%432 / 1,349
2×23.806.00
top 23.9%3,986 / 15,796
Skewb7.3810.81
top 36.6%2,204 / 5,004
Pyraminx8.1410.27
top 37.4%4,063 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded2:53.363:24.72
top 50.6%708 / 1,183
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 9:54—
early days — 2 solves166 / 278
Clock23.9333.15
top 74.6%1,577 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,019 / 1,058

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

Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 17.16Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011: 15.86Nanjing Spring 2011: 15.33Hefei After Term Open 2011: 14.90Shanghai Meatball Fall 2011: 15.77Suzhou Open 2011: 15.72Shanghai Port Open 2011: 13.46Human Rights Day 2011: 14.25Hefei Spring 2012: 13.66Nanjing Spring 2012: 15.13Shanghai Donghua 2012: 13.44Asian Championship 2012: 12.04Suzhou Open 2012: 13.78Shanghai Maritime Open 2013: 11.68Shanghai Summer 2013: 13.93Wuxi Open 2013: 12.56Wenzhou Open 2013: 12.54Suzhou Open 2014: 12.69Hefei Open 2015: 12.28Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 12.42Suzhou Open 2016: 13.19Asian Championship 2016: 12.99Shanghai Spring 2017: 12.41Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 10.43Changshu Open 2017: 10.73Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 10.57HDU Open 2017: 10.26Hangzhou Open 2024: 10.69Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 10.59Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 9.739.7317.165 Dec 201029 Mar 2026

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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.