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Qiwen Yang (杨启文)

2×2 · top 13.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013YANG07

Qiwen Yang (杨启文) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at Nanjing Spring 2017, puts him in the top 13.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,022nd in China. Across 10 competitions since April 2013, he has put 264 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.80 in April 2013 to 14.41, a 31% improvement. Qiwen has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.89
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2017
264
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.895.70
top 13.0%2,022 / 15,796
Pyraminx6.0810.20
top 20.6%2,348 / 10,224
Megaminx1:18.481:21.56
top 20.8%628 / 1,678
3×314.4116.51
top 22.4%8,574 / 28,153
Skewb5.669.72
top 23.2%1,444 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed21.7724.29
top 25.4%2,494 / 5,922
4×41:05.841:07.50
top 42.7%4,054 / 5,926
5×52:19.532:32.53
top 60.8%2,396 / 2,816
Clock22.24
early days — 2 solves1,521 / 1,843

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

Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 20.80Luoyang Open 2013: 19.81Shantou Open 2013: 16.06Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 17.65Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 15.45Nanjing Spring 2017: 15.08Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 14.90Luoyang Open 2017: 14.67Xuchang Open 2017: 16.81Jiaozuo Open 2017: 14.4114.4120.8030 Apr 201325 Nov 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.