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Yiqun Fan (樊轶群)

3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010FANY01

Yiqun Fan (樊轶群) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.51, set at Shanghai Summer Open 2015, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,422nd in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since January 2010, he has put 706 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.38 in January 2010 to 9.51, a 48% improvement. Yiqun has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time
9.51
signature single · Shanghai Summer Open 2015
706
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.5110.83
top 6.2%2,422 / 28,499
Skewb3.269.12
top 6.4%365 / 5,030
2×22.533.97
top 9.2%1,392 / 15,939
4×438.0342.39
top 9.9%1,066 / 5,999
Megaminx59.861:05.99
top 10.0%271 / 1,693
5×51:09.861:16.54
top 11.6%584 / 2,857
3×3 blindfolded1:00.381:12.48
top 13.2%196 / 1,184
Square-114.2920.65
top 14.8%227 / 1,373
3×3 one-handed18.6923.30
top 17.0%1,711 / 5,994
Clock8.6413.23
top 18.1%415 / 1,887
6×62:19.162:33.73
top 20.2%458 / 1,363
Pyraminx6.409.21
top 23.1%2,656 / 10,269
7×73:54.124:04.52
top 28.5%569 / 1,274
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 56:45—
early days — 3 solves97 / 279
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves43.33
top 55.7%666 / 1,071

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

Hangzhou Open 2010: 18.38Hangzhou Open 2011: 13.43Shanghai Port Open 2011: 15.00Hefei Spring 2012: 14.40Shanghai Donghua 2012: 13.36Zhejiang University 2013: 13.12Hefei Open 2013: 11.73Shanghai Summer 2013: 12.56Wuxi Open 2013: 11.17Nanchang Open 2015: 10.65Shanghai Summer Open 2015: 9.51Jinhua Open 2016: 11.51Suzhou Open 2018: 10.85Hangzhou Open 2018: 10.42Hangzhou Open PM 2021: 10.59Nanchang Spring 2025: 9.75Lishui Open 2025: 9.87Hangzhou Open 2026: 10.309.5118.3831 Jan 201023 May 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.