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Taoran Wang (王陶然)

2×2 · top 72.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015WANG44

Taoran Wang (王陶然) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Zhengzhou Open 2015, puts her in the top 72.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,892nd in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2015, she has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. Taoran has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 72.8% of 186,767 all-time
8.87
signature single · Zhengzhou Open 2015
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×28.8721.67
top 72.8%11,892 / 15,796
3×339.5449.14
top 76.3%22,124 / 28,153
Pyraminx17.9024.86
top 89.6%8,850 / 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

Zhengzhou Open 2015: 39.54Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 42.3639.5442.3631 May 201518 Jun 2016

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 9.54 away.

Targets move as she improves.