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Shitao Tan (谭世涛)

3×3 · top 47.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017TANS04

Shitao Tan (谭世涛) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.61, set at Zhongshan Open 2017, puts him in the top 47.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,409th in China. Across 3 competitions since June 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.01 in June 2017 to 22.61, a 32% improvement. Shitao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.0% of 284,439 all-time
22.61
signature single · Zhongshan Open 2017
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×322.6128.25
top 47.0%15,409 / 28,153
2×29.8511.84
top 77.4%12,528 / 15,796
Skewb32.01
early days — 2 solves4,889 / 5,004

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

Maoming Open 2017: 33.01Zhongshan Open 2017: 22.61Maoming Open 2019: 27.4622.6133.0111 Jun 201730 Jun 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.61 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.