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Zeng Xiao Yan (曾小燕)

3×3 · top 61.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009YANZ01

Zeng Xiao Yan (曾小燕) has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.34, set at Macau Rubik's Open 2009, puts her in the top 61.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,670th in China. Across 2 competitions since July 2009, she has put 10 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 35.68 in July 2009 to 29.34, an 18% improvement. Zeng has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 61.4% of 284,439 all-time
29.34
signature single · Macau Rubik's Open 2009
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×329.3432.51
top 61.4%18,670 / 28,153
4×42:33.11
early days — 2 solves5,831 / 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

Hong Kong Open 2009: 35.68Macau Rubik's Open 2009: 29.3429.3435.6818 Jul 200915 Aug 2009

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.34 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 33.11 away.

Targets move as she improves.