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Yigang Duan (段义刚)

3×3 · top 36.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017DUAN07

Yigang Duan (段义刚) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.66, set at Guilin Open 2019, puts him in the top 36.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,764th in China. Across 4 competitions since October 2017, he has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.87 in October 2017 to 6.50, a 45% improvement. Yigang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.1% of 284,439 all-time
18.66
signature single · Guilin Open 2019
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.6623.32
top 36.1%12,764 / 28,153
2×26.507.71
top 55.9%9,472 / 15,796
Pyraminx12.6116.12
top 70.8%7,112 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed47.63
early days — 2 solves5,518 / 5,922

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

Guilin Open 2017: 11.87Guilin Open 2018: 9.04Guilin Open 2019: 6.79Guilin Open 2021: 6.506.5011.8729 Oct 201716 May 2021

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.66 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.