People · China
Lihuan Pan (潘礼环)
3×3 · top 6.5% of 288,433 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 6.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,552nd 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.63 | 11.07 | top 6.5% | 2,552 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.86 | 18.12 | top 10.0% | 992 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:26.51 | 1:34.50 | top 21.8% | 304 / 1,184 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.31 | 2:05.50 | top 49.6% | 2,114 / 2,857 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.58 | 1:36.60 | top 57.3% | 4,959 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 8.18 | 12.37 | top 68.9% | 11,478 / 15,939 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Apr 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Wenzhou Open 2017.
- 5 Oct 2012First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at Asian Championship 2012.
- 14 Aug 2010First competition: Shanghai Open 2010. A 15.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Wenzhou Open 2013 · 3 Nov 2013
- Wuhan Open 2012 · 4 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2012 · 5 Oct 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2011 · 20 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.