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Lingfang Xie (谢凌芳)

3×3 · top 59.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017XIEL02

Lingfang Xie (谢凌芳) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.25, set at Longyan Open 2018, puts her in the top 59.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,219th in China. Across 4 competitions since July 2017, she has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 34.62 in July 2017 to 28.25, an 18% improvement. Lingfang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 59.3% of 284,439 all-time
28.25
signature single · Longyan Open 2018
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×328.2533.60
top 59.3%18,219 / 28,153
Skewb17.30
top 84.7%4,255 / 5,004
Pyraminx18.2125.22
top 90.2%8,930 / 10,224

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

Longyan Summer Open 2017: 34.62Fuzhou Autumn 2017: 33.25Longyan Open 2018: 28.25Fuzhou Open 2018: 29.1928.2534.629 Jul 201724 Nov 2018

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.25 away.
  • A sub-15 Skewb single — 57,358 people have one; it is 2.30 away.

Targets move as she improves.