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Zexuan Yan (晏择轩)

Pyraminx · top 14.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016YANZ04

Zexuan Yan (晏择轩) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.25, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,740th in China. Across 6 competitions since October 2016, he has put 151 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.93 in October 2016 to 13.79, a 23% improvement. Zexuan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 14.8% of 129,321 all-time
5.25
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017
151
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx5.2510.10
top 14.8%1,740 / 10,224
3×313.7915.13
top 20.2%7,840 / 28,153
Megaminx1:18.261:31.64
top 20.7%622 / 1,678
Skewb5.667.39
top 23.2%1,444 / 5,004
2×23.855.04
top 24.6%4,130 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed28.8333.46
top 44.0%3,945 / 5,922
Clock18.8019.18
top 61.2%1,384 / 1,843

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

Asian Championship 2016: 17.93ZUA Open 2017: 15.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 15.37China Championship 2017: 14.27Suzhou Open 2017: 13.79Hangzhou Spring 2018: 15.2213.7917.931 Oct 201617 Mar 2018

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.