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Yan Zhang (张岩)

3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009ZHAN64

Yan Zhang (张岩) has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.19, set at Hefei After Term Open 2011, puts her in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,321st in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2009, she has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.59 in December 2009 to 14.19, a 37% improvement. Yan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.19
signature single · Hefei After Term Open 2011
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.1915.41
top 21.6%8,321 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed43.1949.63
top 69.6%5,316 / 5,922

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

Nanjing Open 2009: 22.59Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 15.65Hefei After Term Open 2011: 14.1914.1922.596 Dec 200916 Jul 2011

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 3.19 away.

Targets move as she improves.