People · China
Zihan Yan (颜子涵)
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024YANZ01
Zihan Yan (颜子涵) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at Hangzhou Spring 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 910th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 39 official solves on the record across two events. Zihan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.84 | 8.95 | top 2.5% | 910 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 3.04 | top 3.8% | 504 / 15,796 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Hangzhou Spring 2024. A 8.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Zhen Chen (陈震) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.