People · China
Yifan Meng (孟一凡)
Skewb · top 1.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MENG01
Yifan Meng (孟一凡) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in China. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2016, he has put 285 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.67 in January 2016 to 8.85, a 50% improvement. Yifan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.10 | 3.88 | top 1.6% | 74 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 4.65 | top 3.9% | 522 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 11.10 | top 4.5% | 1,724 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.62 | 20.10 | top 9.4% | 902 / 5,922 | |
| Square-1 | 16.16 | 18.38 | top 19.0% | 302 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.41 | 1:33.30 | top 21.3% | 646 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 53.66 | 57.98 | top 29.1% | 3,004 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.88 | 11.21 | top 35.2% | 3,849 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.92 | 1:48.45 | top 35.3% | 1,591 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 6:16.61 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,106 / 1,261 |
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
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-10 3×3: 8.92 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 13 Aug 2016Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2016.
- 16 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.51 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016First competition: Xi'an New Year 2016. A 17.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu New Year Morning 2021 · 3 Jan 2021
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.