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Ruchen Xie (谢汝忱)

Skewb · top 22.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019XIER01

Ruchen Xie (谢汝忱) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.59, set at Chengdu New Year Morning 2021, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,420th in China. Across 2 competitions since November 2019, he has put 34 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.35 in November 2019 to 15.21, a 44% improvement. Ruchen has entered two competitions.

Skewb
best event — top 22.6% of 73,281 all-time
5.59
signature single · Chengdu New Year Morning 2021
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb5.596.08
top 22.6%1,420 / 5,004
3×315.2118.84
top 25.1%9,449 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.8825.52
top 25.7%2,524 / 5,922
2×25.846.72
top 49.2%8,417 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.6611.42
top 50.3%5,290 / 10,224

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

Chengdu Winter 2019: 27.35Chengdu New Year Morning 2021: 15.2115.2127.359 Nov 20193 Jan 2021

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-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.