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Dongfang Tao (陶东方)

3×3 · top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TAOD01

Dongfang Tao (陶东方) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.10, set at Xuzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,228th in China. Across 1 competition since June 2018, he has put 30 official solves on the record across seven events.

3×3
best event — top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.10
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2018
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.1018.59
top 21.3%8,228 / 28,153
2×25.066.37
top 40.1%6,923 / 15,796
4×41:06.61
early days — 2 solves4,108 / 5,926
Skewb9.6416.20
top 52.7%2,947 / 5,004
Pyraminx10.4912.15
top 56.8%5,901 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed35.46
early days — 2 solves4,777 / 5,922
Megaminx2:35.54
early days — 2 solves1,481 / 1,678

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 story so far

  • 17 Jun 2018First competition: Xuzhou Open 2018. A 14.10 3×3 single to start from.

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.10 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.