People · China
Qingyuan Xiao (肖庆源)
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016XIAO04
Qingyuan Xiao (肖庆源) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.67, set at Chengdu Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2016, he has put 157 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.29 in May 2016 to 6.67, a 35% improvement. Qingyuan 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 | 6.67 | 10.36 | top 1.0% | 371 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 32.97 | 38.68 | top 4.9% | 485 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 4.38 | top 11.5% | 1,764 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.60 | 18.92 | top 11.6% | 1,135 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.93 | 1:18.45 | top 15.2% | 742 / 2,816 |
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
- 29 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 30 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2017.
- 1 May 2016First competition: Chengdu Open 2016. A 11.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chongqing Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- Chengdu Open 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 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.
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Fangrui Zeng (曾方锐) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dawei Xu (徐大卫) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.