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Ziang Yan (晏子昂)

4×4 · top 1.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017YANZ01

Ziang Yan (晏子昂) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 28.03, set at East London Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 167th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since March 2017, he has put 1,027 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.00 in March 2017 to 8.25, a 41% improvement. Ziang has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.8% of 83,917 all-time
28.03
signature single · East London Autumn 2022
1,027
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×428.0332.08
top 1.8%167 / 5,926
3×38.2510.37
top 3.2%1,208 / 28,153
5×556.511:03.16
top 3.9%185 / 2,816
6×61:55.002:07.71
top 9.1%199 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed16.7923.53
top 12.1%1,178 / 5,922
Megaminx1:05.991:16.71
top 13.3%379 / 1,678
Pyraminx5.198.97
top 14.4%1,701 / 10,224
7×73:35.243:46.53
top 21.6%432 / 1,261
2×23.804.49
top 23.9%3,986 / 15,796
Skewb7.1910.86
top 35.1%2,137 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 2 solves652 / 1,058
Clock22.5328.13
top 71.4%1,531 / 1,843

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 Chuyun Spring 2017: 14.00Coconut Island Open 2017: 10.08WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 11.53Hefei Summer 2019: 9.73Wuhan Autumn 2019: 11.18Wuhan Open 2021: 10.57Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 11.52Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 10.63Glasgow Open 2022: 9.17Lincoln Summer 2022: 9.41August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 9.78Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 10.08Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 8.25East London Autumn 2022: 10.26Suffolk Summer 2023: 9.92Bristol Summer 2023: 9.35Wakefield Autumn 2023: 9.53Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 9.84Stevenage January 2024: 9.97Glasgow Spring 2024: 9.32Belfast Summer 2024: 10.648.2514.0019 Mar 201715 Jun 2024

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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.03 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.