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Diwen Xu (许帝文)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014XUDI01

Diwen Xu (许帝文) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.45, set at Ezhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since December 2014, he has put 972 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.66 in December 2014 to 7.05, a 74% improvement. Diwen has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.4% of 73,695 all-time
10.45
signature single · Ezhou Open 2019
972
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed10.4513.28
top 1.4%120 / 5,922
3×37.059.32
top 1.4%487 / 28,153
4×434.6237.57
top 6.4%646 / 5,926
2×22.653.91
top 10.4%1,590 / 15,796
5×51:21.881:34.35
top 20.6%979 / 2,816
Pyraminx8.5412.51
top 40.9%4,401 / 10,224
Megaminx2:22.81—
early days — 3 solves1,424 / 1,678
Skewb13.1617.44
top 71.4%3,737 / 5,004

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

Shenyang Open 2014: 26.66Ningxia Open 2017: 12.02Nanchang Open 2017: 10.50WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 8.67Chongqing Open 2017: 10.18Fushun Open 2018: 10.21Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018: 10.11Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 9.46Luoyang Spring 2018: 9.86Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 8.59Dalian Open 2018: 9.76Beijing Summer 2018: 9.40Shenyang Summer 2018: 9.73Jiujiang Open 2018: 9.12Wuhan University Open 2018: 7.05WIT Open 2018: 8.73Xi'an Open 2018: 8.89Wuhu Open 2018: 9.20Zhengzhou Open 2018: 10.44WHUT Open 2018: 9.57Shenyang New Year 2019: 9.44Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019: 9.04Changsha Spring Open 2019: 8.58Wuhan Open 2019: 9.03China Championship 2019: 9.54Wuhan Autumn 2019: 9.49Ezhou Open 2019: 8.64Singapore Championship 2023: 11.157.0526.6614 Dec 201417 Feb 2023

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 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.