People · Canada
Austin Xu
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022XUAU01
Austin Xu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Pickering B 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 180th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2022, he has put 232 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.35 in November 2022 to 10.32, a 52% improvement. Austin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 4.82 | top 5.0% | 180 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 10.32 | 12.63 | top 8.4% | 776 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 5.73 | 10.13 | top 23.7% | 571 / 2,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 4.88 | top 26.7% | 1,815 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.02 | 34.89 | top 34.3% | 756 / 2,620 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.01 | 2:10.99 | top 45.7% | 505 / 1,375 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.51 | 1:21.21 | top 53.0% | 1,457 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 18.00 | 23.76 | top 58.7% | 543 / 1,029 | |
| Square-1 | 46.15 | — | top 72.3% | 677 / 952 |
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
- 19 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering B 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 11.65 at Appleby Winter A 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.65 at Appleby Winter A 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Appleby Winter A 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022First competition: Oakville Fall B 2022. A 21.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Side Events 2023 · 2 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- London Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022
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.
- Anthony Zhao — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Tristan Lei — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Aidan Xu — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.