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Yitong Tian (田逸同)

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013TIAN02

Yitong Tian (田逸同) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.70, set at Zhuhai Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,578th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2013, he has put 67 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in July 2013 to 9.70, a 27% improvement. Yitong has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.70
signature single · Zhuhai Open 2017
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.7011.50
top 6.6%2,578 / 28,153
4×441.9150.06
top 14.4%1,556 / 5,926
5×51:22.611:28.31
top 21.2%1,019 / 2,816
2×24.865.59
top 37.5%6,472 / 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

Guangzhou CCSA Championship 2013: 13.30Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 10.02Zhuhai Open 2017: 9.709.7013.3022 Jul 201329 May 2017

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 — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.