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Yizhu Qin (秦艺宁)

3×3 · top 33.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018QINY03

Yizhu Qin (秦艺宁) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.85, set at Linfen Open 2019, puts her in the top 33.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,342nd in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2018, she has put 51 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.22 in July 2018 to 17.85, a 29% improvement. Yizhu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.8% of 288,433 all-time
17.85
signature single · Linfen Open 2019
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.8522.82
top 33.8%12,342 / 28,499
2×26.717.54
top 58.0%9,903 / 15,939
Pyraminx11.1117.09
top 61.3%6,326 / 10,269

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

Linfen Open 2018: 25.22Taiyuan Winter 2018: 22.52Linfen Open 2019: 17.8517.8525.228 Jul 20187 Jul 2019

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-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.85 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as she improves.