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Hao Xiang (向浩)

Skewb · top 5.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017XIAN03

Hao Xiang (向浩) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at Jiujiang Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 276th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2017, he has put 136 official solves on the record across three events. His Skewb best has come down from 5.09 in March 2017 to 3.01, a 41% improvement. Hao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.0% of 73,281 all-time
3.01
signature single · Jiujiang Open 2018
136
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.014.49
top 5.0%276 / 5,004
2×22.303.72
top 7.0%1,000 / 15,796
3×320.2825.00
top 40.7%13,937 / 28,153

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

Shanghai Spring 2017: 5.09Zhangzhou Spring 2017: 3.86Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 3.61Zhangzhou Open 2018: 4.05Jiujiang Open 2018: 3.01China Championship 2018: 3.80Jieyang Winter 2019: 4.78NEU Open 2019: 3.693.015.0918 Mar 201715 Dec 2019

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.