People · China
Zhihui Yan (闫智慧)
3×3 · top 4.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017YANZ06
Zhihui Yan (闫智慧) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.75, set at Lanzhou Spring 2019, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,670th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.98 in August 2017 to 8.75, a 20% improvement. Zhihui has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.75 | 9.51 | top 4.3% | 1,670 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 7.32 | top 12.9% | 2,040 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.31 | 33.08 | top 13.4% | 1,359 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 47.10 | 52.97 | top 21.0% | 2,301 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.82 | 1:40.80 | top 24.9% | 1,191 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.70 | — | top 62.1% | 1,482 / 1,693 |
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
- 11 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Spring 2019.
- 3 Feb 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017First competition: Inner Mongolia Summer 2017. A 10.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lanzhou Spring 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- Lanzhou Autumn 2018 · 14 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Haozhi Pan (潘颢之) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zhenxin Chai (柴振鑫) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.