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Rong Fan (樊榕)

7×7 · top 7.9% of 14,226 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012RONG01

Rong Fan (樊榕) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:50.07, set at Wuxi Open 2017, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in China. Until September 2012, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2012, he has put 567 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.06 in April 2012 to 10.18, a 32% improvement. Rong has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

7×7
best event — top 7.9% of 14,226 all-time
2:50.07
signature single · Wuxi Open 2017
567
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
7×72:50.072:58.10
top 7.9%166 / 1,261
3×310.1812.64
top 8.0%3,129 / 28,153
5×51:06.001:16.51
top 9.0%431 / 2,816
2×22.544.78
top 9.3%1,383 / 15,796
4×437.6142.82
top 9.4%985 / 5,926
6×61:55.842:05.40
top 9.4%206 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed18.7222.35
top 17.0%1,684 / 5,922
Pyraminx7.7411.05
top 34.0%3,739 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves44.33
top 40.9%459 / 1,058
Skewb8.8011.97
top 47.1%2,718 / 5,004
Megaminx2:47.213:04.25
top 69.1%1,530 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded5:42.27—
early days — 2 solves1,112 / 1,183
Clock38.8743.65
top 92.6%1,774 / 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

Shanghai Donghua 2012: 15.06Shanghai Summer 2012: 12.77Asian Championship 2012: 14.76Shanghai Maritime Open 2013: 12.94Shanghai Summer 2013: 10.97Shanghai Spring 2014: 12.45Suzhou Open 2014: 12.06Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 10.95Nanjing Spring 2017: 10.67Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 12.57China Championship 2017: 12.30Wuxi Open 2017: 10.18Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 11.6910.1815.067 Apr 201219 Aug 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-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 50.07 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.