People · China
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.31 | 14.80 | top 2.2% | 181 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 44.51 | 48.73 | top 2.9% | 64 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 1.76 | 3.42 | top 3.4% | 439 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.29 | 5.14 | top 4.6% | 559 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.24 | 10.83 | top 5.4% | 2,109 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 37.37 | 38.82 | top 9.1% | 956 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 4.14 | 6.41 | top 11.9% | 702 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.36 | 1:36.45 | top 22.7% | 1,083 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 36.33 | early days — 3 solves | 244 / 1,058 | |
| Square-1 | 34.52 | 42.44 | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 20 Nov 2016First competition: Zhenjiang Open 2016. A 12.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019
- Dongguan Summer 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
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.