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Yiwen Zhang (张译文)

3×3 · top 41.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009ZHAN29

Yiwen Zhang (张译文) has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.63, set at ShenYang Open 2011, puts her in the top 41.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,146th in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2009, she has put 48 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:47.68 in May 2009 to 20.63, an 81% improvement. Yiwen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 41.7% of 284,439 all-time
20.63
signature single · ShenYang Open 2011
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.6321.78
top 41.7%14,146 / 28,153
2×25.809.02
top 48.7%8,337 / 15,796
4×42:13.832:54.99
top 87.2%5,768 / 5,926

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

Duanwu Festival Open 2009: 1:47.68Changchun Open 2010: 38.28Inner Mongolia 2010: 23.75ChangChun 2010: 32.83Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010: 34.94ShenYang Open 2011: 20.6320.631:47.6829 May 20094 Oct 2011

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as she improves.