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Ling Yan (严铃)

Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015YANL02

Ling Yan (严铃) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.25, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017, puts her in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 545th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since November 2015, she has put 537 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.82 in November 2015 to 11.16, a 60% improvement. Ling has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.25
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017
537
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.255.24
top 4.5%545 / 10,224
Clock6.929.80
top 10.6%234 / 1,843
3×311.1613.14
top 11.0%4,299 / 28,153
4×439.7942.47
top 11.9%1,270 / 5,926
Skewb4.526.98
top 14.6%896 / 5,004
Megaminx1:22.601:31.70
top 23.5%713 / 1,678
Square-119.9626.70
top 27.9%474 / 1,362
3×3 one-handed23.4128.84
top 29.9%2,892 / 5,922
5×51:34.801:43.45
top 31.3%1,419 / 2,816
2×24.595.89
top 34.1%5,844 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves43.33
early days — 3 solves459 / 1,058
6×63:04.073:13.84
top 43.0%842 / 1,349
7×75:18.14—
early days — 2 solves964 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded3:24.88—
early days — 1 solve828 / 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

Xi'an Open 2015: 27.82Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 27.02Chongqing Open 2016: 21.85Xi'an Open 2016: 20.17Asian Championship 2016: 16.93XJTU Open 2016: 17.31Xi'an New Year 2017: 15.77ZUA Open 2017: 14.96Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 17.98China Championship 2017: 15.26XPU Open 2017: 14.58Nanchang Open 2017: 14.49Xi'an New Year 2018: 14.66Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 15.00Lanzhou Open 2018: 13.27Baoji Open 2018: 13.49Xianyang Open 2019: 13.21Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 12.00Lanzhou Spring 2019: 12.55Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.17Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 11.16Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 12.49Xi'an Open 2026: 13.6011.1627.8229 Nov 201522 Aug 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as she improves.