People · China
Xu Yan (严叙)
Pyraminx · top 29.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017YANX04
Xu Yan (严叙) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.24, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 29.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,286th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2017, he has put 38 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 9.86 in August 2018 to 7.24, a 27% improvement. Xu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.24 | 9.82 | top 29.8% | 3,286 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 17.04 | 20.00 | top 31.1% | 11,336 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.42 | 7.80 | top 31.9% | 5,469 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,094 / 5,926 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Yangzhou Open 2017. A 17.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.