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Yifan Li (李一凡)

3×3 · top 67.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009LIYI02

Yifan Li (李一凡) has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.25, set at Hangzhou Open 2010, puts her in the top 67.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,177th in China. Across 2 competitions since August 2009, she has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 42.18 in August 2009 to 33.25, a 21% improvement. Yifan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 67.9% of 284,439 all-time
33.25
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2010
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×333.2548.97
top 67.9%20,177 / 28,153
2×210.4716.34
top 79.7%12,854 / 15,796

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

Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 42.18Hangzhou Open 2010: 33.2533.2542.189 Aug 200931 Jan 2010

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.25 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as she improves.