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Yanwen Wen (文言文)

3×3 · top 80.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018WENY02

Yanwen Wen (文言文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 43.13, set at Qinhuangdao Winter 2018, puts him in the top 80.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,049th in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 18 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.94 in April 2018 to 43.13, a 17% improvement. Yanwen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 80.3% of 284,439 all-time
43.13
signature single · Qinhuangdao Winter 2018
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×343.1346.42
top 80.3%23,049 / 28,153
2×214.8218.85
top 90.2%14,327 / 15,796
Pyraminx19.09
early days — 3 solves9,092 / 10,224
Skewb24.76
early days — 2 solves4,684 / 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

Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 51.94Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 43.1343.1351.9422 Apr 20182 Dec 2018

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 3.13 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.