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Chuang Xiao (萧创)

3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011XIAO02

Chuang Xiao (萧创) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.93, set at China Tourism Day 2012, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,385th in China. Across 6 competitions since April 2011, he has put 137 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.41 in April 2011 to 11.93, a 42% improvement. Chuang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.93
signature single · China Tourism Day 2012
137
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.9314.05
top 13.7%5,385 / 28,153
2×25.467.06
top 44.9%7,719 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.9314.42
top 52.4%5,488 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed34.2242.81
top 55.8%4,658 / 5,922
4×41:21.011:31.73
top 56.8%4,870 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded10:16.00
early days — 2 solves1,182 / 1,183

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

Beijing Spring 2011: 20.41Beijing Summer Open 2011: 18.34Human Rights Day 2011: 14.75China Tourism Day 2012: 11.93Beijing Summer 2012: 13.46Beijing Winter 2012: 13.2811.9320.4123 Apr 201124 Nov 2012

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 1.93 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.