People · China
Yan Xia (夏炎)
3×3 blindfolded · top 6.2% of 12,334 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009XIAY02
Yan Xia (夏炎) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 37.67, set at Taiwan Championship 2017, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in China. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2009, he has put 70 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 26% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.52 in December 2009 to 15.03, a 63% improvement. Yan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 37.67 | 46.93 | top 6.2% | 103 / 1,184 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 13 of 14 cubes · 48:27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 38 / 279 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 6.26 | top 19.0% | 3,153 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 15.03 | 17.44 | top 24.6% | 9,440 / 28,499 | |
| Square-1 | 41.36 | 54.38 | top 67.1% | 1,123 / 1,373 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.83 | 2:09.33 | top 71.9% | 5,512 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 878 / 1,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,885 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 1:03.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,883 / 1,887 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2017.
- 22 Feb 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.03 at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2014.
- 25 Apr 2010Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring Open 2010.
- 31 Jan 2010First sub-30 3×3: 22.69 at Hangzhou Open 2010.
- 6 Dec 2009First competition: Nanjing Open 2009. A 40.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiwan Championship 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014 · 15 Jun 2014
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- China FM Xi'an 2011 · 6 Nov 2011
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010
- Nanjing Spring Open 2010 · 25 Apr 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2010 · 31 Jan 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Open 2009 · 6 Dec 2009
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.
- Weiwei Sun (孙巍巍) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiarui Cao (曹家睿) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 511 people have one; it is 7.67 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.