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Jiayong Tian (田佳勇)

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014TIAN02

Jiayong Tian (田佳勇) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Huzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,457th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2014, he has put 500 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.90 in July 2014 to 8.55, a 49% improvement. Jiayong has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.55
signature single · Huzhou Open 2019
500
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.5510.58
top 3.8%1,457 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed13.0915.67
top 4.6%402 / 5,922
4×433.0537.62
top 5.0%495 / 5,926
5×51:07.701:15.96
top 10.0%493 / 2,816
2×22.763.78
top 11.6%1,782 / 15,796
7×73:38.033:49.60
top 22.7%457 / 1,261
6×62:33.182:39.08
top 27.2%588 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded2:02.95
top 34.4%487 / 1,183

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

Nantong Open 2014: 16.90Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 11.33Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 12.11Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 8.60ZUST Open 2017: 10.70Wuxi Open 2017: 10.53Hefei Open 2017: 9.78Nanjing Autumn 2017: 10.47Shanghai Winter 2018: 10.48Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 10.58SJTU Open 2018: 9.18Xuzhou Spring 2019: 9.86Huzhou Open 2019: 8.55Shanghai Open 2019: 9.048.5516.9019 Jul 201419 Oct 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.