People · China
Zhuohan Yan (严卓涵)
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019YANZ16
Zhuohan Yan (严卓涵) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.01, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,990th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2019, he has put 53 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.98 in November 2019 to 10.01, a 70% improvement. Zhuohan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.01 | 12.47 | top 7.5% | 2,990 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.29 | 18.35 | top 11.0% | 1,095 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 41.55 | 44.75 | top 14.0% | 1,545 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,487 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 4.74 | 7.48 | top 36.1% | 6,294 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.35 | 14.40 | top 69.4% | 7,019 / 10,269 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 13.70 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.70 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 21 Dec 2019First sub-30 3×3: 23.73 at Shaoxing Open 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019First competition: Hangzhou Autumn 2019. A 32.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.