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Tiannan Wang (王天南)

3×3 one-handed · top 2.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016WANT04

Tiannan Wang (王天南) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.31, set at Zhengzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 181st in China. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2016, he has put 679 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.43 in November 2016 to 9.24, a 26% improvement. Tiannan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.2% of 73,695 all-time
11.31
signature single · Zhengzhou Open 2018
679
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed11.3114.80
top 2.2%181 / 5,922
Megaminx44.5148.73
top 2.9%64 / 1,678
2×21.763.42
top 3.4%439 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.295.14
top 4.6%559 / 10,224
3×39.2410.83
top 5.4%2,109 / 28,153
4×437.3738.82
top 9.1%956 / 5,926
Skewb4.146.41
top 11.9%702 / 5,004
5×51:24.361:36.45
top 22.7%1,083 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.33
early days — 3 solves244 / 1,058
Square-134.5242.44
top 57.6%977 / 1,362

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

Zhenjiang Open 2016: 12.43ZUA Open 2017: 11.79Nanjing Spring 2017: 10.55Wuxi Open 2017: 10.13Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 9.53HUST Open 2018: 9.68Xuzhou Open 2018: 10.20Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 10.64Xuzhou Winter 2018: 9.72Zhengzhou Open 2018: 9.88Xuzhou Spring 2019: 9.24Dongguan Summer 2019: 9.75Shandong Open 2019: 9.549.2412.4320 Nov 20164 Oct 2019

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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 4.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.