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Xinyuan Fan (范歆远)

2×2 · top 0.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016FANX01

Xinyuan Fan (范歆远) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.07, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2016, he has put 429 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.30 in May 2016 to 1.07, a 68% improvement. Xinyuan has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.07
signature single · China Championship 2018
429
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.071.81
top 0.7%73 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves26.33
top 2.2%26 / 1,058
3×39.7112.33
top 6.7%2,589 / 28,153
Skewb4.266.52
top 12.7%771 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed18.2920.92
top 15.9%1,566 / 5,922
4×450.4555.52
top 25.3%2,681 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded1:55.00
top 31.7%450 / 1,183
Pyraminx12.1513.73
top 68.1%6,877 / 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

Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 3.30Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 3.18Shanghai Spring 2017: 3.22Changshu Open 2017: 2.06Yangzhou Open 2017: 1.97Kunshan Open 2018: 1.18Xuzhou Open 2018: 1.28SJTU Open 2018: 1.29Suzhou Open 2018: 1.86China Championship 2018: 1.07Hangzhou Open 2018: 1.29SJTU Winter Open 2018: 1.59China Championship 2019: 1.56Stevenage July 2024: 1.401.073.3014 May 20166 Jul 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.