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Ziwei Yan (严子威)

3×3 · top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016YANZ01

Ziwei Yan (严子威) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.86, set at Guangzhou SCUT 2017, puts him in the top 20.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,905th in China. Across 3 competitions since March 2016, he has put 26 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.93 in March 2016 to 13.86, a 34% improvement. Ziwei has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.86
signature single · Guangzhou SCUT 2017
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.8616.84
top 20.5%7,905 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed31.14
early days — 1 solve4,282 / 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

Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 20.93Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 13.86China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 15.3413.8620.935 Mar 20161 Oct 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 1.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.