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Colin Xiang
3×3 · top 22.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023XIAN07
Colin Xiang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.53, set at USC Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 22.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,588th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2023, he has put 39 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Colin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.53 | 17.64 | top 22.9% | 12,588 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.25 | 11.71 | top 38.4% | 11,132 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,576 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.30 | 3:03.77 | top 65.0% | 5,744 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12,731 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 1:22.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,447 / 6,846 |
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
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.71 at Agoura SpookCubing 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023First competition: Santa Ana Summer A 2023. A 16.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura SpookCubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ian Park — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Andersen Katsev — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.