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Yifan Hao (郝逸凡)

2×2 · top 17.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011HAOY01

Yifan Hao (郝逸凡) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.30, set at Xining Summer Open 2016, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,874th in China. Across 21 competitions since May 2011, he has put 535 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.66 in May 2011 to 13.94, a 51% improvement. Yifan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.30
signature single · Xining Summer Open 2016
535
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.305.19
top 17.8%2,874 / 15,796
3×313.9417.28
top 20.7%8,021 / 28,153
Skewb7.1515.56
top 34.8%2,115 / 5,004
4×41:01.521:07.90
top 38.1%3,715 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed28.2137.40
top 42.4%3,863 / 5,922
Clock14.9216.06
top 47.6%1,122 / 1,843
Square-129.2640.17
top 48.0%818 / 1,362
Megaminx2:09.70
top 51.0%1,326 / 1,678
Pyraminx10.0113.28
top 53.1%5,545 / 10,224
5×52:06.912:16.99
top 53.6%2,202 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves46.00
top 59.0%691 / 1,058
6×65:48.545:52.45
early days — 3 solves1,320 / 1,349

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

Taiyuan 2011: 28.66Shandong Open 2011: 30.18Zhengzhou Autumn 2011: 25.44Shandong Open 2012: 18.02Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 19.73Xining Summer Open 2016: 15.06Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 19.23Beijing Summer 2018: 17.54Xi'an Open 2018: 15.68Inner Mongolia Winter 2019: 15.27Anyang Open 2019: 16.41Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 13.94Wuhan Open 2019: 16.69Lanzhou Spring 2019: 16.14Heze Open 2019: 18.13Taizhou Open 2019: 14.72Suzhou Open 2019: 16.52Baoji Open 2019: 14.97Lanzhou Autumn 2019: 15.3213.9430.1821 May 201127 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.