People · China
Yiran Wang (王毅然)
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017WANY19
Yiran Wang (王毅然) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,214th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2017, he has put 320 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.23 in October 2017 to 9.36, a 34% improvement. Yiran has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 11.63 | top 5.7% | 2,214 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.79 | 7.90 | top 6.7% | 796 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.71 | top 7.4% | 1,059 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 6.06 | 7.35 | top 7.5% | 150 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 40.58 | 48.07 | top 12.8% | 1,375 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.18 | 20.54 | top 13.0% | 1,295 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.57 | 1:27.53 | top 17.2% | 832 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 5.41 | 7.62 | top 21.3% | 1,326 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.70 | 1:40.41 | top 26.0% | 801 / 1,678 | |
| 7×7 | 4:16.62 | 4:25.55 | top 36.6% | 704 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:57.66 | 2:58.90 | top 39.9% | 803 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 43.00 | early days — 3 solves | 515 / 1,058 | |
| Square-1 | 33.09 | 49.79 | top 55.3% | 940 / 1,362 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at China Championship 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018Six personal bests in one day at Linfen Open 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 15 Oct 2017First competition: Taiyuan Autumn 2017. A 14.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Linxiao Xu (徐林霄) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.