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Wennan Mao (毛文南)

4×4 · top 12.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016MAOW01

Wennan Mao (毛文南) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 40.18, set at Hefei Spring 2019, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,328th in China. Across 10 competitions since October 2016, he has put 214 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.36 in October 2016 to 12.10, a 16% improvement. Wennan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 12.3% of 83,917 all-time
40.18
signature single · Hefei Spring 2019
214
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×440.1850.58
top 12.3%1,328 / 5,926
2×22.935.12
top 13.4%2,096 / 15,796
3×312.1014.38
top 14.2%5,614 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.4210.63
top 15.9%1,867 / 10,224
Megaminx1:29.381:40.84
top 27.8%848 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed25.6327.23
top 35.9%3,390 / 5,922
Clock20.19
early days — 3 solves1,440 / 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

Asian Championship 2016: 14.36Huaibei Open 2017: 15.24Hefei Open 2017: 13.29Nanjing Spring 2018: 12.10Wuhu Open 2018: 15.70Wuhu Open 2019: 13.07Kunming Open 2019: 13.7912.1015.701 Oct 201626 May 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-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.