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Yan Wang (王岩)

2×2 · top 40.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012WANG01

Yan Wang (王岩) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.05, set at XJTU Open 2016, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,895th in China. Across 10 competitions since January 2012, he has put 124 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.00 in January 2012 to 21.54, a 28% improvement. Yan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 40.0% of 186,767 all-time
5.05
signature single · XJTU Open 2016
124
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×25.057.96
top 40.0%6,895 / 15,796
3×321.5425.68
top 44.2%14,747 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed43.2548.90
top 69.6%5,320 / 5,922
4×41:38.611:59.51
top 69.7%5,375 / 5,926
Pyraminx15.5921.52
top 83.8%8,264 / 10,224
Skewb16.9919.79
top 84.0%4,228 / 5,004
5×53:27.083:55.75
top 85.8%2,728 / 2,816

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

Xi'an Yangling 2012: 30.00Xi'an Qingming Open 2012: 24.94Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012: 23.96Xi'an Newborn 2012: 22.84Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 23.81Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 27.38Xi'an Summer 2015: 26.08XJTU Open 2016: 21.54China Championship 2017: 24.77Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 23.8621.5430.001 Jan 201224 Aug 2019

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.