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Yanfang Zhu (朱艳芳)

3×3 · top 36.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018ZHUY13

Yanfang Zhu (朱艳芳) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.93, set at Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021, puts her in the top 36.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,970th in China. Across 6 competitions since September 2018, she has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 34.40 in September 2018 to 18.93, a 45% improvement. Yanfang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.9% of 284,439 all-time
18.93
signature single · Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.9322.02
top 36.9%12,970 / 28,153
2×26.5710.63
top 56.7%9,589 / 15,796
Pyraminx13.6119.32
top 76.0%7,564 / 10,224
Skewb18.9827.59
top 88.0%4,362 / 5,004

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

Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 34.40Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 24.88Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 21.64Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 18.93Guangdong Open 2021: 20.2018.9334.409 Sep 20181 May 2021

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.93 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as she improves.