People · China
Gaoqin Cao (曹高钦)
3×3 · top 45.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008CAOG01
Gaoqin Cao (曹高钦) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.11, set at Beijing Spring Open 2008, puts him in the top 45.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,116th in China. Across 1 competition since May 2008, he has put 31 official solves on the record across six events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.11 | 25.01 | top 45.7% | 15,116 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 8.05 | 10.19 | top 68.1% | 11,243 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.63 | 46.87 | top 70.1% | 5,341 / 5,922 | |
| Square-1 | 1:02.31 | 1:15.75 | early days — 3 solves | 1,297 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 3:39.86 | 3:52.40 | early days — 3 solves | 1,623 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 2:12.19 | 2:43.53 | top 86.6% | 5,760 / 5,926 |
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
- 2 May 2008First competition: Beijing Spring Open 2008. A 23.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Spring Open 2008 · 2 May 2008 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yiwei Zhang (张一伟) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Lalei Yu (余拉雷) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Timothy Sun — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.11 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.