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Yan Song (宋岩)

3×3 · top 27.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010SONG03

Yan Song (宋岩) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.96, set at Xining Summer Open 2011, puts him in the top 27.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,274th in China. Across 7 competitions since July 2010, he has put 196 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Yan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.96
signature single · Xining Summer Open 2011
196
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.9617.83
top 27.7%10,274 / 28,153
2×24.906.16
top 38.1%6,567 / 15,796
4×41:05.221:12.07
top 42.0%4,009 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.3318.70
top 47.6%5,046 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed31.0048.68
top 48.9%4,259 / 5,922
5×52:11.832:29.88
top 56.4%2,269 / 2,816
Square-140.0649.83
top 65.4%1,087 / 1,362
Clock27.6533.20
top 81.3%1,667 / 1,843
Skewb19.8330.81
top 89.4%4,400 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves62 moves
early days — 1 solve1,052 / 1,058

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

Hunan Open 2010: 16.77Xining Summer Open 2011: 15.96Changsha Open 2011: 17.83Human Rights Day 2011: 21.50Changsha Spring 2012: 16.5515.9621.5018 Jul 20108 Apr 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.