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Jin Xie (谢晋)

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017XIEJ02

Jin Xie (谢晋) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.82, set at Suzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,708th in China. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2017, he has put 204 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.06 in May 2017 to 9.82, a 48% improvement. Jin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.82
signature single · Suzhou Open 2018
204
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.8211.92
top 7.0%2,708 / 28,153
2×22.554.50
top 9.4%1,403 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.638.02
top 11.0%1,304 / 10,224
4×446.9551.95
top 20.7%2,234 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed21.5623.23
top 24.8%2,442 / 5,922
Skewb7.619.64
top 38.3%2,289 / 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

Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 19.06Changshu Open 2017: 16.36Yangzhou Open 2017: 11.38Suzhou Open 2017: 10.67Kunshan Open 2018: 9.99Suzhou Open 2018: 9.82Wuxi Autumn 2018: 12.00Kunshan Open 2019: 11.689.8219.0620 May 201720 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.