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Jiayi Yan (颜嘉熠)

3×3 · top 21.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015YANJ02

Jiayi Yan (颜嘉熠) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.28, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 21.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,422nd in China. Across 4 competitions since May 2015, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.77 in May 2015 to 14.28, a 52% improvement. Jiayi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.28
signature single · Asian Championship 2016
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.2815.91
top 21.9%8,422 / 28,153
2×24.327.48
top 30.6%5,249 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.4515.17
top 40.1%4,329 / 10,224

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

Chengdu Open 2015: 29.77Yangzhou Open 2016: 15.34Asian Championship 2016: 14.28Zibo Open 2016: 15.3214.2829.772 May 20156 Nov 2016

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 2.28 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.