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Yan Qiang (枪妍)

2×2 · top 18.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017QIAN09

Yan Qiang (枪妍) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.36, set at Suzhou Open 2018, puts her in the top 18.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,016th in China. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, she has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. Yan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.36
signature single · Suzhou Open 2018
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.3610.72
top 18.5%3,016 / 15,796
3×317.4121.34
top 32.3%11,710 / 28,153
Clock15.0517.86
top 48.1%1,137 / 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

Suzhou Open 2017: 17.41Nanjing Spring 2018: 17.79Suzhou Open 2018: 19.85Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026: 18.0717.4119.8516 Sep 20173 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 16 Sep 2017First competition: Suzhou Open 2017. A 17.41 3×3 single to start from.

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.41 away.

Targets move as she improves.