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Jiarong Ke (柯家荣)

2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017KEJI01

Jiarong Ke (柯家荣) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Fujian Championship 2018, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,383rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2017, he has put 311 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.56 in May 2017 to 10.85, a 34% improvement. Jiarong has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · Fujian Championship 2018
311
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.544.27
top 9.3%1,383 / 15,796
7×72:56.003:13.40
top 9.4%193 / 1,261
3×310.8514.34
top 10.0%3,924 / 28,153
5×51:14.621:24.16
top 15.0%729 / 2,816
6×62:09.752:20.59
top 15.2%332 / 1,349
Skewb4.897.67
top 17.3%1,078 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed19.4223.53
top 19.0%1,897 / 5,922
4×450.6554.10
top 25.5%2,706 / 5,926
Pyraminx7.5411.60
top 32.4%3,551 / 10,224
Megaminx1:45.071:50.22
top 37.6%1,099 / 1,678
Clock14.2719.73
top 45.0%1,059 / 1,843
Square-131.3441.36
top 51.9%890 / 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

Fuzhou Open 2017: 16.56Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 15.26Fuzhou Autumn 2017: 13.26Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 10.85Nanjing Spring 2018: 12.43Fujian Championship 2018: 12.74Nanjing Autumn 2019: 11.7710.8516.5628 May 20173 Nov 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 56.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.