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Yang Kevin Zixuan (杨子轩)

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021ZIXU01

Yang Kevin Zixuan (杨子轩) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,884th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2021, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.40 in January 2021 to 9.13, a 20% improvement. Yang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.13
signature single · Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.1310.58
top 5.2%2,884 / 59,724
2×22.414.78
top 8.0%3,178 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.7918.43
top 12.1%1,570 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.8011.96
top 34.5%9,760 / 28,708
Skewb8.8217.19
top 47.2%8,361 / 18,907
4×41:13.20
early days — 2 solves8,409 / 19,072

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

Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021: 11.40Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 9.13Guangdong Open 2021: 9.679.1311.409 Jan 20211 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.