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Jianxin Tao (陶剑鑫)

3×3 · top 16.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014TAOJ01

Jianxin Tao (陶剑鑫) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.75, set at Chengdu Winter 2019, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,491st in China. Across 12 competitions since May 2014, he has put 247 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.82 in May 2014 to 12.75, a 32% improvement. Jianxin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.6% of 284,439 all-time
12.75
signature single · Chengdu Winter 2019
247
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.7514.67
top 16.6%6,491 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.897.73
top 19.2%2,198 / 10,224
4×457.9559.50
top 34.2%3,400 / 5,926
2×24.676.23
top 35.1%6,042 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed27.0133.48
top 39.4%3,647 / 5,922
Skewb11.1817.11
top 61.8%3,354 / 5,004

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

Chengdu Open 2014: 18.82Chongqing Open 2014: 16.16Xi'an Winter Open 2014: 17.08Chengdu Open 2015: 14.84UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 12.82Chengdu Open 2017: 19.38Chengdu Open 2018: 13.02Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 14.25Chengdu Open 2019: 13.10Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 13.91Chengdu Winter 2019: 12.75Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021: 14.8912.7519.382 May 20143 Jan 2021

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.