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Yanlin Qian (钱彦霖)

3×3 · top 99.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019QIAN05

Yanlin Qian (钱彦霖) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 2:23.15, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 99.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,139th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2019, he has put 9 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 4:22.69 in April 2019 to 2:23.15, a 46% improvement. Yanlin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 99.7% of 284,439 all-time
2:23.15
signature single · China Championship 2019
9
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×32:23.153:26.19
top 99.7%28,139 / 28,153

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

Wuhu Open 2019: 4:22.69Wuhan Open 2019: 2:58.15AHAU Open 2019: 3:04.41China Championship 2019: 2:23.152:23.154:22.6927 Apr 201926 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 27 Apr 2019First competition: Wuhu Open 2019. A 4:22.69 3×3 single to start from.

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-2:00 3×3 single — 282,609 people have one; it is 23.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.