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Pufan Yang (杨朴凡)

3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014YANG36

Pufan Yang (杨朴凡) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.90, set at SJTU Open 2018, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,683rd in China. Across 8 competitions since December 2014, he has put 93 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.78 in December 2014 to 12.90, a 27% improvement. Pufan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.90
signature single · SJTU Open 2018
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.9015.31
top 17.1%6,683 / 28,153
Skewb5.417.53
top 21.3%1,326 / 5,004
Megaminx1:24.771:27.82
top 24.8%765 / 1,678
4×455.761:00.67
top 31.6%3,195 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.3512.78
top 47.8%5,059 / 10,224
2×26.577.85
top 56.7%9,589 / 15,796

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

Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 17.78Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015: 15.66Asian Championship 2016: 15.23Shanghai Winter 2018: 13.63Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 14.81SJTU Open 2018: 12.90Ningbo Open 2018: 14.2612.9017.786 Dec 201413 Oct 2018

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 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.