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Lei Xu (许磊)

3×3 · top 18.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009XULE01

Lei Xu (许磊) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.27, set at Taiyuan 2011, puts him in the top 18.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,180th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2009, he has put 68 official solves on the record across three 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 16.40 in May 2009 to 13.27, a 19% improvement. Lei has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.4% of 284,439 all-time
13.27
signature single · Taiyuan 2011
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.2715.32
top 18.4%7,180 / 28,153
2×24.586.17
top 34.0%5,829 / 15,796
4×41:42.522:05.71
top 72.2%5,445 / 5,926

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

Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 16.40Taiyuan 2010: 14.31Taiyuan 2011: 13.2713.2716.402 May 200921 May 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.