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Naiwen Yan (闫乃文)

3×3 · top 97.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018YANN01

Naiwen Yan (闫乃文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:25.81, set at Weihai Open 2018, puts him in the top 97.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,576th in China. Across 1 competition since May 2018, he has put 6 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3
best event — top 97.6% of 284,439 all-time
1:25.81
signature single · Weihai Open 2018
6
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×31:25.811:36.35
top 97.6%27,576 / 28,153
Pyraminx29.85
early days — 2 solves10,026 / 10,224

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 story so far

  • 12 May 2018First competition: Weihai Open 2018. A 1:25.81 3×3 single to start from.

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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 25.81 away.
  • A sub-25 Pyraminx single — 125,177 people have one; it is 4.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.