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Qiao Xu (许琪奥)

2×2 · top 16.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018XUQI02

Qiao Xu (许琪奥) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Beijing Winter 2019, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,628th in China. Across 6 competitions since December 2018, he has put 109 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.40 in December 2018 to 15.42, a 39% improvement. Qiao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.18
signature single · Beijing Winter 2019
109
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.184.88
top 16.4%2,628 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.747.75
top 18.1%2,089 / 10,224
3×315.4217.39
top 25.8%9,695 / 28,153
Skewb7.5912.04
top 38.2%2,274 / 5,004

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

Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 25.40Anyang Open 2019: 21.21Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 19.97China Championship 2019: 19.83Zibo Open 2019: 15.91Beijing Winter 2019: 15.4215.4225.4016 Dec 20187 Dec 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.