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Ronald Xian

3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018XIAN10

Ronald Xian has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.20, set at West LA Spring 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,426th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2018, he has put 93 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.47 in August 2018 to 10.20, a 38% improvement. Ronald has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.20
signature single · West LA Spring 2019
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.2013.47
top 8.0%4,426 / 59,724
4×444.8749.18
top 18.1%2,763 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.029.52
top 20.2%5,404 / 28,708
Square-117.3318.11
top 21.7%1,443 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed21.3024.60
top 24.0%3,080 / 15,683
Skewb6.557.69
top 30.1%4,955 / 18,907
5×51:38.861:48.01
top 34.5%2,737 / 9,401

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

Nisei Week 2018: 16.47Poly Cubed 2018: 14.74Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 11.26Mudd Winter 2019: 11.60West LA Spring 2019: 10.20Nisei Week 2019: 10.2210.2016.4718 Aug 201817 Aug 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.