People · China
Yixiang Ruan (阮怡翔)
2×2 · top 8.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015RUAN01
Yixiang Ruan (阮怡翔) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Shanghai Summer Open 2015, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,290th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2015, he has put 60 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.43 in April 2015 to 2.47, a 55% improvement. Yixiang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.21 | top 8.7% | 1,290 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 14.96 | 17.16 | top 24.4% | 9,376 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 6.56 | 9.54 | top 30.3% | 1,876 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 11.80 | 15.62 | top 33.9% | 837 / 1,887 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Aug 2015First sub-20 3×3: 14.96 at Shanghai Summer Open 2015.
- 30 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Shanghai Summer Open 2015.
- 30 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Summer Open 2015.
- 25 Apr 2015First competition: Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015. A 21.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shenjie Zhu (朱申杰) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Haichuan Du (杜海川) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.