People · United States
Ronald Xian
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 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 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,508th 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.20 | 13.47 | top 8.1% | 4,508 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 44.87 | 49.18 | top 18.2% | 2,799 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.02 | 9.52 | top 20.2% | 5,500 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 17.33 | 18.11 | top 21.7% | 1,457 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.30 | 24.60 | top 24.1% | 3,124 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 6.55 | 7.69 | top 30.2% | 5,031 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.86 | 1:48.01 | top 34.6% | 2,773 / 9,537 |
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
- 20 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Poly Cubed 2018.
- 18 Aug 2018First competition: Nisei Week 2018. A 16.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- Anaheim Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Michael Young — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 4.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.