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Yifan Xiao (肖一凡)

3×3 · top 80.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016XIAO01

Yifan Xiao (肖一凡) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 43.18, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021, puts her in the top 80.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,064th in China. Across 3 competitions since January 2016, she has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 57.04 in January 2016 to 43.18, a 24% improvement. Yifan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 80.3% of 284,439 all-time
43.18
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×343.1851.40
top 80.3%23,064 / 28,153

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

Xi'an New Year 2016: 57.04China Championship 2017: 56.66Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021: 43.1843.1857.042 Jan 201611 Apr 2021

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 3.18 away.

Targets move as she improves.