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Yifan Zhang (张一凡)

3×3 · top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013ZHAN01

Yifan Zhang (张一凡) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.63, set at Zhejiang University Open 2014, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,322nd in China. Across 2 competitions since March 2013, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.73 in March 2013 to 12.63, a 20% improvement. Yifan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.63
signature single · Zhejiang University Open 2014
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.6314.20
top 16.1%6,322 / 28,153
4×454.6959.57
top 30.4%3,094 / 5,926
2×24.545.78
top 33.4%5,731 / 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

Zhejiang University 2013: 15.73Zhejiang University Open 2014: 12.6312.6315.7323 Mar 201324 May 2014

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.