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Jian Xiao (肖剑)

3×3 · top 10.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018XIAO17

Jian Xiao (肖剑) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.93, set at Wuhu Open 2019, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,011th in China. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, he has put 131 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.16 in November 2018 to 10.93, a 10% improvement. Jian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.3% of 284,439 all-time
10.93
signature single · Wuhu Open 2019
131
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.9313.83
top 10.3%4,011 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.999.48
top 19.9%2,279 / 10,224
2×23.575.98
top 21.1%3,466 / 15,796
4×449.4656.61
top 24.0%2,557 / 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 line so far

Wuhu Open 2018: 12.16Hefei Spring 2019: 13.14Wuhu Open 2019: 10.93China Championship 2019: 13.0110.9313.1424 Nov 201826 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 24 Nov 2018First competition: Wuhu Open 2018. A 12.31 3×3 single to start from.
  • 24 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Wuhu Open 2018.

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.