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Eric Xu

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022XUER01

Eric Xu has been competing for 4 years. Their best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at Scarborough Fall B 2023, puts them in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 670th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, they have put 143 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 12.32 in October 2022 to 9.90, a 20% improvement. Eric has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.90
signature single · Scarborough Fall B 2023
143
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.9012.13
top 7.2%670 / 10,392
4×442.2546.61
top 14.8%373 / 3,118
5×51:26.641:30.79
top 24.6%292 / 1,499
2×23.944.80
top 25.7%1,735 / 7,173
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves
early days — 2 solves106 / 283
3×3 one-handed26.0429.66
top 36.9%812 / 2,620
6×62:55.533:15.21
top 38.9%194 / 665
Megaminx1:54.022:01.65
top 42.6%466 / 1,375
7×75:07.03
early days — 1 solve222 / 503
3×3 blindfolded12:08.00
early days — 1 solve349 / 351

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

Ajax NxNxN 2022: 12.32Oakville Fall A 2022: 10.93Pickering A 2023: 10.49Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 11.95Scarborough Fall B 2023: 9.90Appleby Summer 2024: 10.529.9012.3229 Oct 20226 Jul 2024

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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.25 away.

Targets move as they improves.