People · China
Zhong Yi Yan
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022YANZ02
Zhong Yi Yan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at UK New Year Countdown 2023, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,059th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 152 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Zhong 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 | 9.20 | 10.79 | top 5.3% | 2,059 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 46.03 | 53.24 | top 19.6% | 2,115 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.28 | 27.35 | top 21.2% | 2,117 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.19 | 1:42.85 | top 30.0% | 1,350 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 4.61 | 6.18 | top 34.4% | 5,891 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 4:52.45 | 5:18.78 | top 48.4% | 862 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 3:28.06 | 3:42.08 | early days — 3 solves | 999 / 1,349 |
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
- 5 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bolton Summer 2023.
- 31 Dec 2022First competition: UK New Year Countdown 2023. A 10.27 3×3 single to start from.
- 31 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at UK New Year Countdown 2023.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Glasgow Favourites Evening II 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester June 2024 · 23 Jun 2024
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- UK New Year Countdown 2023 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Luke Burns — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Billie Hammill — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.