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Yan Zheng (郑彦)

2×2 · top 68.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011ZHEN03

Yan Zheng (郑彦) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Lanzhou Open 2013, puts him in the top 68.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,356th in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2011, he has put 46 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Yan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 68.9% of 186,767 all-time
8.18
signature single · Lanzhou Open 2013
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×28.1814.34
top 68.9%11,356 / 15,796
3×335.6641.24
top 71.4%20,971 / 28,153
Pyraminx15.4323.95
top 83.3%8,220 / 10,224

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 Spring 2011: 36.90Xining Summer Open 2011: 46.94Qinghai Open 2012: 39.48Lanzhou Open 2013: 35.66LanZhou Winter 2014: 39.0235.6646.9414 May 201118 Feb 2014

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-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.