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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.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 4.7% of 73,695 all-time
13.22
signature single · Hefei Open 2013
511
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed13.2216.83
top 4.7%423 / 5,922
3×39.1912.05
top 5.3%2,044 / 28,153
2×23.104.88
top 15.4%2,453 / 15,796
4×443.3653.32
top 16.2%1,763 / 5,926
5×51:49.362:03.79
top 42.1%1,864 / 2,816
Pyraminx10.9716.26
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

Shandong Open 2011: 14.43Hangzhou Open 2011: 15.28Suzhou Open 2011: 15.52Shanghai Port Open 2011: 12.63Hefei Spring 2012: 11.40Shanghai Donghua 2012: 13.33Shanghai Summer 2012: 10.90Guiyang Open 2012: 10.69Hangzhou Open 2012: 10.38Nanjing Autumn 2012: 11.75Suzhou Open 2012: 10.22Nanjing Winter 2012: 13.05Zhejiang University 2013: 10.89Nanjing Normal University 2013: 9.19Hefei Open 2013: 9.93Wenzhou Open 2013: 9.869.1915.5231 Jul 20113 Nov 2013

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 his.

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.