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Jian Xiao (肖剑)

3×3 · top 30.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015XIAO08

Jian Xiao (肖剑) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.75, set at Atlantic Open Fall 2017, puts him in the top 30.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,066th in China. Across 4 competitions since December 2015, he has put 89 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.70 in December 2015 to 16.75, a 15% improvement. Jian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.2% of 284,439 all-time
16.75
signature single · Atlantic Open Fall 2017
89
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.7518.93
top 30.2%11,066 / 28,153
2×25.306.57
top 43.0%7,409 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed37.8343.14
top 62.1%4,987 / 5,922

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

Atlantic Open Fall 2015: 19.70Atlantic Open 2017: 17.71Atlantic Open Fall 2017: 16.75Halifax Open 2018: 18.3916.7519.705 Dec 201517 Feb 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.