People · Canada
Ryan Xu
2×2 · top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022XURY01
Ryan Xu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Open de Montréal 2023, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 466th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2022, he has put 156 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.38 in August 2022 to 12.16, a 30% improvement. Ryan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 5.04 | top 7.2% | 466 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 9.26 | top 13.7% | 537 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 12.16 | 15.71 | top 14.4% | 1,367 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 7.63 | 12.14 | top 38.5% | 964 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.93 | 1:21.20 | top 49.7% | 1,353 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.95 | 51.78 | top 72.7% | 1,757 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 3:41.49 | — | top 88.7% | 1,256 / 1,499 |
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
- 30 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.16 at Ajax First-Timers 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: Battle of Waterloo 2022. A 21.17 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.38 at Battle of Waterloo 2022.
Competitions
- Nouveaux Venus à Montréal B 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- Gros Jouets à Montréal 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Défi Jeunesse Montréal 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Montréal 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Gros Jouets à Montréal 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax First-Timers 2022 · 30 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 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 his.
- ZeJi Wei — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maxence Leboeuf — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.