People · China
Mengni Yan (颜梦妮)
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019YANM03
Mengni Yan (颜梦妮) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.19, set at Shenyang Spring 2024, puts her in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,044th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2019, she has put 95 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.32 in August 2019 to 9.19, a 25% improvement. Mengni 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 | 9.19 | 10.67 | top 5.3% | 2,044 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.13 | 7.43 | top 14.0% | 1,661 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 46.20 | 55.95 | top 19.8% | 2,138 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.01 | 4.92 | top 26.6% | 4,492 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 8.23 | 11.94 | top 43.1% | 2,531 / 5,004 |
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
- 18 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Hangzhou Open AM 2021.
- 21 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shaoxing Open 2019.
- 11 Aug 2019First competition: Baoji Open 2019. A 14.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 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 her.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jieyu Yang (杨杰予) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as she improves.