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Jiming Ran (冉济铭)

Skewb · top 3.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016RANJ02

Jiming Ran (冉济铭) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 164th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2016, he has put 457 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 23.55 in July 2016 to 2.55, an 89% improvement. Jiming has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.1% of 73,281 all-time
2.55
signature single · Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019
457
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb2.553.40
top 3.1%164 / 5,004
Pyraminx4.285.83
top 9.1%1,083 / 10,224
2×22.853.94
top 12.6%1,967 / 15,796
3×311.9113.63
top 13.6%5,351 / 28,153
4×449.1356.04
top 23.6%2,515 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed21.9035.15
top 25.7%2,532 / 5,922
5×51:54.402:07.85
top 45.6%1,966 / 2,816
Square-131.6944.33
top 52.7%908 / 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

Chongqing Open 2016: 23.55Chongqing Open 2017: 4.57Inner Mongolia Winter 2018: 3.52Chengdu Open 2018: 3.12Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 3.71China Championship 2018: 3.21Chongqing Open 2018: 3.12Guiyang Open 2019: 3.75Guilin Open 2019: 3.01China Championship 2019: 2.68Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 2.552.5523.5516 Jul 201624 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.