Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Yunzhao Tan (谭云钊)

People · China

Yunzhao Tan (谭云钊)

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017TANY01

Yunzhao Tan (谭云钊) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Hefei Spring 2019, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2017, he has put 58 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.76 in November 2017 to 1.77, a 63% improvement. Yunzhao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.77
signature single · Hefei Spring 2019
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.773.13
top 3.4%450 / 15,796
3×38.8213.96
top 4.5%1,698 / 28,153

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

Nanjing Autumn 2017: 4.76Hefei Spring 2019: 1.77China Championship 2019: 2.761.774.764 Nov 201726 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.