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Yifan Zhao (赵一帆)

3×3 · top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ZHAO52

Yifan Zhao (赵一帆) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.47, set at Wuhan Open 2016, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,653rd in China. Across 3 competitions since October 2016, he has put 36 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.83 in October 2016 to 14.47, a 19% improvement. Yifan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.47
signature single · Wuhan Open 2016
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.4720.29
top 22.6%8,653 / 28,153
2×25.416.96
top 44.3%7,620 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed36.46
early days — 2 solves4,868 / 5,922
Pyraminx13.6315.66
top 76.1%7,572 / 10,224

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

Asian Championship 2016: 17.83Wuhan Open 2016: 14.47China Championship 2019: 20.9214.4720.921 Oct 201626 Jul 2019

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 2.47 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.