People · China
Zhijiang Yan (闫治江)
2×2 · top 5.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017YANZ03
Zhijiang Yan (闫治江) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Lanzhou Spring 2017, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 719th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 56 official solves on the record across five events. Zhijiang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 6.22 | top 5.1% | 719 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 14.13 | 18.83 | top 21.5% | 8,438 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.60 | 1:19.36 | top 50.3% | 4,614 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.49 | 12.85 | top 56.8% | 5,942 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,982 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 22 Apr 2017First competition: Lanzhou Spring 2017. A 14.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Open 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lanzhou Spring 2017 · 22 Apr 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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yufei Gao (高宇飞) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Baoquan Zhang (张宝权) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.