People · China
Ran Tao (陶然)
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015TAOR01
Ran Tao (陶然) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.55, set at Wuxi Open 2017, puts her in the top 5.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 670th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2015, she has put 177 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 6.52 in December 2015 to 3.55, a 46% improvement. Ran has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 5.00 | top 5.7% | 670 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 14.79 | 18.38 | top 23.7% | 9,002 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 6.08 | 9.46 | top 26.3% | 1,633 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 19.20 | 20.35 | top 62.4% | 1,403 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 7.24 | 9.46 | top 62.4% | 10,433 / 15,796 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.79 at Nanjing Autumn 2017.
- 27 Dec 2015First competition: Nanchang Winter 2015.
Competitions
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016
- Nanchang Winter 2015 · 27 Dec 2015 — 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 her.
- Yi Wang (王旖) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zheng Chen (陈政) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.79 away.
Targets move as she improves.