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Ziang Pan (潘子昂)

2×2 · top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015PANZ01

Ziang Pan (潘子昂) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Chengdu Open 2016, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,218th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2015, he has put 172 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.63 in November 2015 to 11.71, a 56% improvement. Ziang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.44
signature single · Chengdu Open 2016
172
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.443.76
top 8.3%1,218 / 15,796
Skewb3.794.66
top 9.5%551 / 5,004
3×311.7113.67
top 12.9%5,093 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.347.38
top 15.4%1,802 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed21.7425.23
top 25.3%2,487 / 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

Wuhan University Open 2015: 26.63Shanghai Spring 2016: 13.06Chengdu Open 2016: 13.31Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 13.30Chongqing Open 2016: 11.7111.7126.631 Nov 201516 Jul 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.