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Shuo Tian (田朔)

3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012TIAN04

Shuo Tian (田朔) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.74, set at Heze Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,785th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2012, he has put 231 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.06 in August 2012 to 10.74, an 11% improvement. Shuo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.74
signature single · Heze Open 2019
231
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.7413.69
top 9.7%3,785 / 28,153
2×23.025.43
top 14.5%2,269 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed18.2222.16
top 15.7%1,535 / 5,922
Skewb5.058.18
top 18.5%1,152 / 5,004
4×445.5050.54
top 18.9%2,059 / 5,926
5×51:56.092:07.27
top 46.8%2,008 / 2,816
Pyraminx12.4219.18
top 69.7%7,013 / 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

Qinghai Open 2012: 12.06Shandong Spring Open 2014: 12.19Tianjin University Open 2015: 13.80Xining Summer Open 2015: 13.71Zibo Open 2015: 10.96Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 12.20Jinan Open 2017: 12.97Heze Open 2019: 10.7410.7413.8019 Aug 201221 Jul 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.