People · China
Yan Zhuang (庄严)
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016ZHUA03
Yan Zhuang (庄严) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.18, set at Tianjin Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,129th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2016, he has put 80 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.70 in July 2016 to 10.18, a 35% improvement. Yan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.18 | 11.78 | top 8.0% | 3,129 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.09 | 18.81 | top 8.3% | 799 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 6.31 | top 37.5% | 6,472 / 15,796 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 31 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.20 at Beijing Winter 2018.
- 15 Jul 2016First competition: Hefei Open 2016. A 16.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yu Feng (冯煜) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zaiyang Zhang (张在旸) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.