People · China
Zixuan Yuan (袁子轩)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017YUAN14
Zixuan Yuan (袁子轩) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.23, set at NEU Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,187th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2017, he has put 177 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.41 in December 2017 to 8.23, a 62% improvement. Zixuan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.23 | 10.77 | top 3.2% | 1,187 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.33 | top 9.7% | 1,465 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 5.00 | 8.72 | top 18.1% | 1,127 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 49.73 | 53.58 | top 24.4% | 2,600 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Shenyang Open 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang New Year 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Summer 2018.
- 27 May 2018First sub-20 3×3: 12.74 at Dalian Open 2018.
- 27 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.74 at Dalian Open 2018.
- 3 Dec 2017First competition: Dalian Winter 2017. A 21.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Winter 2017 · 3 Dec 2017
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.
- Yezhen Han (韩业臻) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Weihao Kong (孔维浩) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.