People · China
Shixiong Xu (徐仕雄)
Skewb · top 0.63% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016XUSH03
Shixiong Xu (徐仕雄) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Shijiazhuang Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in China. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2016, he has put 249 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 4.45 in May 2017 to 1.64, a 63% improvement. Shixiong has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.64 | 3.54 | top 0.63% | 31 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 12.11 | 14.73 | top 14.3% | 5,620 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.39 | 24.95 | top 18.9% | 1,885 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 50.67 | 58.22 | top 25.5% | 2,707 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 5.24 | top 26.5% | 4,467 / 15,796 | |
| Square-1 | 30.69 | 36.78 | top 50.6% | 875 / 1,362 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.62 | 2:19.64 | top 55.8% | 2,252 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,439 / 1,678 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 12.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
- Shijiazhuang Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hang Li (李航) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.