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Zihu Yuan (袁子核)

3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019YUAN20

Zihu Yuan (袁子核) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.94, set at Xuzhou Winter 2019, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,741st in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2019, he has put 46 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.33 in May 2019 to 3.71, a 30% improvement. Zihu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.94
signature single · Xuzhou Winter 2019
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.9414.24
top 17.2%6,741 / 28,153
2×23.714.82
top 22.8%3,775 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.7813.65
top 42.9%4,588 / 10,224
Skewb8.3411.04
top 43.9%2,573 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed31.71
early days — 3 solves4,358 / 5,922
4×41:24.46
top 59.5%5,003 / 5,926

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

Xuzhou Spring 2019: 5.33Xuzhou Winter 2019: 3.713.715.331 May 201924 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.