People · China
Linji Xue (薛林继)
3×3 · top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009XUEL01
Linji Xue (薛林继) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.91, set at Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,351st in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2009, he has put 126 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.22 in August 2009 to 11.91, a 16% improvement. Linji has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.91 | 14.34 | top 13.6% | 5,351 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.16 | 5.58 | top 28.5% | 4,853 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.88 | 10.65 | top 32.7% | 2,003 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 27.13 | 36.85 | top 43.8% | 753 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:34.55 | — | top 62.2% | 861 / 1,183 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Apr 2010Six personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring Open 2010.
- 6 Dec 2009Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Open 2009.
- 16 Aug 2009First competition: Beijing Summer Open 2009. A 16.61 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Aug 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Beijing Summer Open 2009.
Competitions
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2011 · 9 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring Open 2010 · 25 Apr 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- Nanjing Open 2009 · 6 Dec 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yi Yang (杨奕) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Jiarui Cao (曹家睿) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.