People · China
Liuyan Fan (樊柳言)
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018FANL01
Liuyan Fan (樊柳言) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.16, set at Beijing Summer 2018, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,131st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2018, he has put 89 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.89 in May 2018 to 8.16, a 25% improvement. Liuyan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.16 | 11.90 | top 3.1% | 1,131 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.58 | 19.98 | top 14.0% | 1,396 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 43.68 | 51.11 | top 16.6% | 1,796 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.79 | 1:50.84 | top 38.2% | 1,721 / 2,816 |
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
- 29 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.16 at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 5 May 2018First competition: Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018. A 12.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.