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Kevin Xu

3×3 · top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010XUKE01

Kevin Xu has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.22, set at Harvard Spring 2011, puts him in the top 28.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,618th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2010, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.53 in August 2010 to 16.22, a 17% improvement. Kevin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time
16.22
signature single · Harvard Spring 2011
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.2218.20
top 28.5%15,618 / 59,724
4×41:17.341:35.79
top 53.7%9,123 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed33.5947.50
top 54.6%7,566 / 15,683
5×53:11.653:19.73
top 81.7%7,471 / 9,401

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

United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 19.53Harvard Spring 2011: 16.2216.2219.536 Aug 20102 Apr 2011

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.

  • Tim Reynolds — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Andy Tsao — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Kian Barry — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 17.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.