People · China
Zhiyuan Shan (单致元)
3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SHAN15
Zhiyuan Shan (单致元) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.28, set at Shandong Open 2019, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,465th in China. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, he has put 128 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.21 in October 2017 to 11.28, a 51% improvement. Zhiyuan 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 | 11.28 | 14.63 | top 11.4% | 4,465 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.80 | top 15.5% | 2,475 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 9.65 | 12.35 | top 52.7% | 2,951 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.64 | 14.08 | top 64.9% | 6,573 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,318 / 5,922 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 19 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at AHAU Open 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 14.33 at Nanjing Spring 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Nanjing Spring 2018.
- 5 Oct 2017First competition: Hefei Open 2017. A 23.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- AHAU Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 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.
- Yuxiao Lu (陆语骁) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Weiwen Zhang (章巍玟) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.