People · China
Nan Bai (柏楠)
3×3 one-handed · top 4.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011BAIN01
Nan Bai (柏楠) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.22, set at Hefei Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 423rd in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2011, he has put 511 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.43 in July 2011 to 9.19, a 36% improvement. Nan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 one-handed | 13.22 | 16.83 | top 4.7% | 423 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.19 | 12.05 | top 5.3% | 2,044 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 4.88 | top 15.4% | 2,453 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 43.36 | 53.32 | top 16.2% | 1,763 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.36 | 2:03.79 | top 42.1% | 1,864 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.97 | 16.26 | top 60.3% | 6,199 / 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 line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Nanjing Normal University 2013.
- 10 Nov 2012Three personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2012.
- 10 Mar 2012Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2012.
- 26 Nov 2011Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Port Open 2011.
- 31 Jul 2011First competition: Shandong Open 2011. A 14.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhejiang University Open 2014 · 24 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Wenzhou Open 2013 · 3 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2013 · 27 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Normal University 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University 2013 · 23 Mar 2013
- Nanjing Winter 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2012 · 27 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2012 · 5 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Donghua 2012 · 7 Apr 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2012 · 10 Mar 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Port Open 2011 · 26 Nov 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2011 · 3 Oct 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2011 · 20 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011
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 81 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Meng'an Pu (浦梦安) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 13 times · head to head
- Lin Chen (陈霖) — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.