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Yanzhe Yang (杨言喆)

3×3 one-handed · top 5.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017YANG81

Yanzhe Yang (杨言喆) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.43, set at Yunnan Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 470th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2017, he has put 92 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 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.41 in August 2017 to 10.07, a 19% improvement. Yanzhe has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 5.1% of 73,695 all-time
13.43
signature single · Yunnan Open 2019
92
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed13.4316.86
top 5.1%470 / 5,922
3×310.0710.94
top 7.7%2,986 / 28,153
2×25.115.87
top 40.7%7,042 / 15,796
4×41:06.48
top 43.4%4,103 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.9116.37
top 52.3%5,474 / 10,224
5×52:58.26
early days — 2 solves2,657 / 2,816

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

Ningxia Open 2017: 12.41Ningxia Open 2019: 10.07Yunnan Open 2019: 10.4410.0712.4113 Aug 20176 Oct 2019

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.