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Liang Yan (鄢亮)

3×3 · top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015YANL01

Liang Yan (鄢亮) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.51, set at Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,471st in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2015, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.20 in May 2015 to 13.51, a 54% improvement. Liang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.51
signature single · Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.5115.32
top 19.2%7,471 / 28,153
2×27.2111.05
top 62.1%10,394 / 15,796
Pyraminx14.5920.19
top 80.3%7,942 / 10,224
Skewb20.7637.63
top 90.7%4,461 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded6:48.42
early days — 2 solves1,148 / 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

Wuhan Open 2015: 29.20Wuhan University Open 2015: 17.28Wuhan Open 2016: 19.63WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 15.10Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 13.5113.5129.2010 May 201525 Mar 2018

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 1.51 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.