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Lang Yuan (袁朗)

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011YUAN05

Lang Yuan (袁朗) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at AnHui University Open 2015, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,428th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since July 2011, he has put 1,405 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in July 2011 to 8.52, a 38% improvement. Lang has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.52
signature single · AnHui University Open 2015
1,405
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.5210.88
top 3.8%1,428 / 28,153
4×434.1241.02
top 6.0%596 / 5,926
5×51:05.501:14.21
top 8.7%418 / 2,816
Megaminx1:01.861:11.30
top 11.0%294 / 1,678
2×22.795.66
top 11.9%1,845 / 15,796
7×73:20.553:28.23
top 16.5%344 / 1,261
3×3 one-handed19.3624.50
top 18.8%1,877 / 5,922
6×62:19.432:28.57
top 20.2%449 / 1,349
Skewb5.407.63
top 21.2%1,316 / 5,004
Pyraminx6.3410.11
top 22.5%2,574 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
top 33.6%369 / 1,058
3×3 blindfolded3:11.00—
early days — 3 solves768 / 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

Beijing Summer Open 2011: 13.72Suzhou Open 2011: 11.13Zhengzhou Autumn 2011: 12.81Wuhan Open 2012: 12.02Xi'an Newborn 2012: 10.40Nanjing Normal University 2013: 13.35Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 10.05Luoyang Open 2013: 12.13Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 12.36Nanchang Open 2013: 11.87Chengdu Open 2014: 10.81Zhengzhou Open 2014: 10.86BUAA Open 2014: 11.32Nanning Open 2015: 10.58AnHui University Open 2015: 8.52Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 10.63Wuhan Open 2015: 10.82Zhengzhou Open 2015: 12.26China Championship 2015: 10.13Beijing Open 2015: 11.36Xi'an Open 2015: 11.53Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 11.78Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 11.57Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 11.83Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 10.33Nanning Open 2017: 11.05Beijing Open 2017: 11.56China Championship 2017: 10.67Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 9.00China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 10.45Guilin Open 2017: 9.06Shanghai Winter 2018: 10.18GDSY Open 2018: 10.12Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 10.34Beijing Open 2018: 9.23Guilin Open 2018: 9.88Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 9.58Nanning Open 2018: 9.56WCA Asian Championship 2018: 10.54China Championship 2018: 9.35WIT Open 2018: 10.68Xuzhou Winter 2018: 9.04Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 10.12Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 8.99Beijing Winter 2018: 10.39Guilin Open 2019: 11.13Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.26Nanning Open 2019: 9.558.5213.7231 Jul 201119 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 0.52 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.