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Lihuan Pan (潘礼环)

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010PANL01

Lihuan Pan (潘礼环) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Wenzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,489th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2010, he has put 206 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.18 in August 2010 to 9.63, a 37% improvement. Lihuan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.63
signature single · Wenzhou Open 2017
206
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6311.07
top 6.4%2,489 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed15.8618.12
top 9.9%965 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded1:26.511:34.50
top 21.8%300 / 1,183
5×52:00.312:05.50
top 49.4%2,077 / 2,816
4×41:21.581:36.60
top 57.2%4,889 / 5,926
2×28.1812.37
top 68.9%11,356 / 15,796

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

Shanghai Open 2010: 15.18Hangzhou Open 2011: 15.15Asian Championship 2012: 10.77Wuhan Open 2012: 11.48Wenzhou Open 2013: 11.67China Championship 2015: 11.70Chengdu Open 2016: 10.17Asian Championship 2016: 10.63Wenzhou Open 2017: 9.639.6315.1814 Aug 201030 Apr 2017

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 1.63 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.