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Jiawen Cao (曹嘉文)

2×2 · top 66.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018CAOJ03

Jiawen Cao (曹嘉文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018, puts him in the top 66.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,927th in China. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 42 official solves on the record across three events. Jiawen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 66.1% of 186,767 all-time
7.75
signature single · Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×27.7510.60
top 66.1%10,927 / 15,796
Pyraminx12.0921.33
top 67.8%6,843 / 10,224
3×343.4451.40
top 80.6%23,134 / 28,153

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

Guangdong Open 2018: 45.31ZHBIT Open 2018: 43.44Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 43.57Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 55.7143.4455.7130 Apr 201822 Sep 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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.