People · Canada
Ryan Xiao
3×3 · top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022XIAO03
Ryan Xiao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Canada's Best in the West 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 730th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2022, he has put 319 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in May 2022 to 10.09, a 39% improvement. Ryan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 13.15 | top 7.8% | 730 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 4.09 | top 13.5% | 914 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.59 | 29.12 | top 24.9% | 543 / 2,632 | |
| Skewb | 6.72 | 10.90 | top 31.5% | 781 / 2,928 | |
| Clock | 11.89 | 14.10 | top 34.3% | 314 / 1,057 | |
| 4×4 | 57.96 | 1:02.40 | top 34.4% | 930 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.77 | 12.29 | top 42.9% | 2,019 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.87 | 2:02.78 | top 45.4% | 596 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.19 | 2:30.73 | top 48.9% | 565 / 1,393 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.92 | 4:46.73 | top 63.0% | 369 / 683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | 53.33 | top 76.9% | 230 / 284 | |
| 7×7 | 7:25.91 | — | top 84.0% | 412 / 519 |
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
- 14 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Richmond 2023.
- 23 Apr 2023Six personal bests in one day at Cubing on Par B 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Sleepless in Seattle 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at SnoCo NxN 2022.
- 6 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Open Summer A 2022.
- 18 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.89 at Cloverdale Open 2022.
Competitions
- Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Richmond 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing on Par B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- UBC Side Events 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Favourites 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Odd Weekend 2022 · 11 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo NxN 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Richmond Open Summer A 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Solved Vancouver 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
- Cloverdale Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback A 2022 · 22 May 2022
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.
- Jack Anderson — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kenny Zhong — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.