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Eileen Xie

3×3 · top 56.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005XIEE01

Eileen Xie has been competing for 21 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.84, set at Berkeley Summer 2011, puts her in the top 56.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,375th in the United States. Across 32 competitions since October 2005, she has put 324 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:03.75 in October 2005 to 26.84, a 58% improvement. Eileen has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 56.5% of 284,439 all-time
26.84
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2011
324
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×326.8431.29
top 56.5%33,375 / 59,724
2×28.6013.05
top 71.4%29,469 / 40,951
Pyraminx18.1623.33
top 90.1%26,465 / 28,708
4×42:42.18—
top 94.1%18,037 / 19,072
5×56:05.15—
top 98.7%9,340 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed2:31.943:27.00
top 99.2%15,570 / 15,683

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

Caltech Fall competition 2005: 1:03.75Caltech Fall competition 2006: 31.56Caltech Winter competition 2007: 35.42Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 42.08Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 39.68US Open 2007: 31.59Caltech Fall competition 2007: 42.41EPGY California Open 2008: 28.40UCSD Summer competition 2008: 33.38Berkeley Fall 2008: 29.25Caltech Fall 2008: 29.53Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008: 36.84San Francisco Open 2009: 32.33Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 30.88Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 28.93Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 32.58US Nationals 2009: 33.16Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 40.21Stanford Fall competition 2009: 36.56Berkeley Winter 2010: 31.52EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 29.68Berkeley Spring 2010: 33.69Stanford Spring 2010: 31.81Berkeley Summer 2010: 29.43Berkeley Fall 2010: 30.41EPGY Stanford Winter 2011: 31.13Berkeley Summer 2011: 26.84Stanford Fall 2011: 36.86Berkeley Fall 2011: 32.90Berkeley Winter 2012: 38.71Berkeley Spring 2012: 38.9126.841:03.7522 Oct 200517 Mar 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 her.

  • Vincent Sheu — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Edward Lin — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Jew — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as she improves.