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Geng Xie (谢耿)

Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012XIEG01

Geng Xie (谢耿) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2014, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 579th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since December 2012, he has put 885 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.84 in December 2012 to 10.74, a 40% improvement. Geng has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time
3.34
signature single · Guangzhou Big Cubes 2014
885
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.345.37
top 4.8%579 / 10,224
3×310.7412.30
top 9.7%3,785 / 28,153
2×22.754.11
top 11.5%1,764 / 15,796
4×441.3247.76
top 13.7%1,482 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed19.9322.42
top 20.3%2,019 / 5,922
Square-118.2024.14
top 23.8%397 / 1,362
Skewb6.2310.29
top 27.6%1,707 / 5,004
5×51:32.811:39.38
top 29.7%1,338 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves43.00
top 37.3%409 / 1,058
7×75:13.315:37.57
top 54.9%941 / 1,261
6×64:00.074:18.59
early days — 3 solves1,144 / 1,349
Megaminx2:42.26—
early days — 3 solves1,510 / 1,678
Clock21.7125.15
top 69.4%1,504 / 1,843

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

Guangzhou HEMC Cubing Movement 2012: 17.84Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Day 2013: 13.60Guangzhou SCAU Open 2013: 15.60Shantou Open 2013: 12.86Guangdong Open 2013: 14.45Guangzhou Small Cubes 2014: 14.19Guangzhou Cube Splashing Day 2014: 13.65Shantou Open 2014: 13.41Guangdong Open 2014: 16.46Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 11.91Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 13.83Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 12.94Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 13.19Shantou Open 2015: 12.56Shenzhen New Year 2016: 12.17Dongguan Open 2016: 11.57Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 12.84Huizhou Open 2016: 11.51Xiamen Open 2016: 10.74Shantou Open 2016: 13.22Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 12.21TKK Open 2016: 11.68Shenzhen New Year 2017: 12.79Dongguan Open 2017: 11.65Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 13.39Shantou Open 2017: 13.65China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 13.46Guangdong Open 2018: 13.28Shantou Open 2018: 13.4310.7417.849 Dec 201228 Oct 2018

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.