People · United States
Edward Xing
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016XING01
Edward Xing has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.94, set at North Plainfield Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,077th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2016, he has put 246 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.82 in February 2016 to 9.94, a 37% improvement. Edward has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.94 | 12.06 | top 7.3% | 4,077 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.88 | 7.67 | top 12.5% | 3,300 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 48.89 | 52.54 | top 23.4% | 3,608 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.52 | 27.61 | top 24.7% | 3,224 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 4.88 | 6.58 | top 37.8% | 15,394 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 7.79 | 9.39 | top 39.8% | 6,949 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.01 | 2:13.44 | top 48.8% | 4,149 / 9,537 |
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 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at North Plainfield Open 2018.
- 23 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at New York City Winter 2017.
- 21 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.71 at Big Apple Spring 2016.
- 27 Feb 2016First competition: Big Apple Cube Clash 2016. A 15.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- North Plainfield Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016
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.
- Glen Warner — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Daniel Karnaukh — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dana Yi — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.