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Junxian Cao (曹俊贤)

2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016CAOJ01

Junxian Cao (曹俊贤) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at GDSY Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 920th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2016, he has put 89 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.14 in March 2016 to 11.75, an 11% improvement. Junxian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.23
signature single · GDSY Open 2017
89
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.233.28
top 6.5%920 / 15,796
3×311.7513.17
top 13.0%5,145 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.749.39
top 18.1%2,089 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed21.8828.50
top 25.7%2,524 / 5,922

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

Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 13.14GDSY Open 2017: 11.83China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 11.75Zhongshan Open 2017: 12.0711.7513.145 Mar 20164 Nov 2017

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 0.23 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.