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Xiaozhe Yan (晏骁哲)

3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010YANX02

Xiaozhe Yan (晏骁哲) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.68, set at Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,054th in China. Across 8 competitions since August 2010, he has put 225 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.84 in August 2010 to 11.68, a 21% improvement. Xiaozhe has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.68
signature single · Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011
225
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.6814.18
top 12.8%5,054 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed20.3824.19
top 21.5%2,139 / 5,922
2×23.654.49
top 22.1%3,633 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves
early days — 3 solves244 / 1,058
Clock10.1911.36
top 26.1%597 / 1,843
Pyraminx7.328.98
top 30.5%3,360 / 10,224
4×41:00.381:07.29
top 36.8%3,623 / 5,926
Megaminx1:53.312:01.51
top 42.2%1,188 / 1,678
5×52:16.342:26.21
top 59.0%2,338 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded4:34.41
early days — 2 solves1,027 / 1,183

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 Open 2010: 14.84Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 15.68Hangzhou Open 2011: 14.15Shanghai Meatball Fall 2011: 12.05Shanghai Port Open 2011: 14.41Shanghai Snowball Winter 2011: 11.6811.6815.6814 Aug 201024 Dec 2011

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 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.