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Jian Cao (曹健)

2×2 · top 16.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018CAOJ01

Jian Cao (曹健) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.22, set at Zibo Open 2018, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,701st in China. Across 4 competitions since March 2018, he has put 50 official solves on the record across seven events. Jian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.22
signature single · Zibo Open 2018
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.2210.25
top 16.8%2,701 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.578.85
top 16.9%1,973 / 10,224
3×323.7829.51
top 49.8%16,044 / 28,153
Skewb11.0415.04
top 61.0%3,324 / 5,004
4×41:37.14
early days — 3 solves5,342 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed57.17
early days — 1 solve5,733 / 5,922
Square-158.05
early days — 1 solve1,270 / 1,362

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

Zibo Open 2018: 3.22Shenyang New Year 2019: 5.33Shandong Open 2019: 7.483.227.481 Dec 20184 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.