People · China
Yang Guan (关养)
Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009GUAN02
Yang Guan (关养) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.96, set at Shenzhen University 2011, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 878th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2009, he has put 177 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.41 in October 2009 to 12.07, a 31% improvement. Yang has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.96 | 5.54 | top 7.5% | 878 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 5.12 | top 11.5% | 1,764 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.07 | 13.99 | top 14.1% | 5,573 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 409 / 1,058 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.88 | 1:31.84 | top 54.1% | 4,743 / 5,926 |
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
- 1 May 2011Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen University 2011.
- 8 Aug 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Shantou Open 2010.
- 1 Oct 2009First competition: Guangdong Open 2009. A 17.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Winter 2011 · 3 Dec 2011
- Changsha Open 2011 · 27 Nov 2011
- Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen University 2011 · 1 May 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Haizhu Library 2011 · 24 Apr 2011
- One-to-eight Cubes Competition 2011 · 20 Mar 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2010 · 7 Nov 2010
- Guangdong Open 2010 · 3 Oct 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2010 · 8 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes Competition 2010 · 11 Jul 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2009 · 1 Oct 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.
- Yanli Xie (谢燕丽) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Weifeng Cheng (程维锋) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Weixing Zhang (张炜星) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.