People · China
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 5.19 | top 17.8% | 2,874 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.94 | 17.28 | top 20.7% | 8,021 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 7.15 | 15.56 | top 34.8% | 2,115 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.52 | 1:07.90 | top 38.1% | 3,715 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.21 | 37.40 | top 42.4% | 3,863 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 14.92 | 16.06 | top 47.6% | 1,122 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 29.26 | 40.17 | top 48.0% | 818 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.70 | — | top 51.0% | 1,326 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.01 | 13.28 | top 53.1% | 5,545 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.91 | 2:16.99 | top 53.6% | 2,202 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 46.00 | top 59.0% | 691 / 1,058 | |
| 6×6 | 5:48.54 | 5:52.45 | early days — 3 solves | 1,320 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Open 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.94 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 14 Oct 2012First sub-20 3×3: 18.02 at Shandong Open 2012.
- 14 Oct 2012Seven personal bests in one day at Shandong Open 2012.
Competitions
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
- Taizhou Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lanzhou Spring 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Anyang Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xining Summer Open 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2012 · 14 Oct 2012 — 7 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Autumn 2011 · 20 Nov 2011 — 8 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan 2011 · 21 May 2011
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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
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.