People · China
Yizhuo Yan (严一卓)
Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016YANY02
Yizhuo Yan (严一卓) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.38, set at Xianyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,157th in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2016, he has put 319 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.74 in July 2016 to 13.35, a 36% improvement. Yizhuo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.38 | 7.26 | top 9.6% | 1,157 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.97 | top 10.8% | 1,671 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 13.35 | 15.94 | top 18.8% | 7,421 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 5.38 | 7.29 | top 21.1% | 1,324 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 17.37 | 21.10 | top 21.8% | 362 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.97 | 33.69 | top 42.0% | 3,880 / 5,994 |
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
- 6 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.71 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 2 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.97 at Xi'an New Year 2017.
- 2 Jan 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2017.
- 16 Jul 2016First competition: Chongqing Open 2016. A 20.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bogoroditsk Open 2021 · 29 May 2021
- Sariki in Moscow 2020 · 2 Jan 2020
- MPEI Open 2019 · 22 Nov 2019
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xianglong Gao (高向龙) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ling Yan (严铃) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.