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Zihan Ye (叶子涵)

3×3 · top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017YEZI02

Zihan Ye (叶子涵) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.57, set at Chongqing Open 2023, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,911th in China. Across 3 competitions since December 2017, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in December 2017 to 11.57, a 23% improvement. Zihan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.57
signature single · Chongqing Open 2023
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.5713.13
top 12.4%4,911 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed18.1723.78
top 15.5%1,525 / 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

Chongqing Open 2017: 15.04Chongqing Open 2018: 15.17Chongqing Open 2023: 11.5711.5715.1730 Dec 201718 Nov 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.