People · China
Sicheng Gu (顾思成)
Pyraminx · top 0.42% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017GUSI01
Sicheng Gu (顾思成) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.50, set at Wuxi Winter 2019, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in China. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since May 2017, he has put 1,078 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.63 in May 2017 to 7.79, a 56% improvement. Sicheng has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.50 | 3.22 | top 0.42% | 45 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 1.12 | 1.43 | top 0.82% | 87 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 7.79 | 9.03 | top 2.4% | 880 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.25 | 4.35 | top 6.3% | 357 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 34.82 | 38.79 | top 6.5% | 656 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.32 | 16.94 | top 8.8% | 833 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 59.00 | 1:06.42 | top 9.5% | 240 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 6.91 | 8.78 | top 10.6% | 232 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 12.41 | 15.72 | top 10.7% | 164 / 1,362 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.41 | 1:32.21 | top 17.9% | 858 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.38 | 3:13.10 | early days — 3 solves | 860 / 1,349 |
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
- 24 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 30 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at SJTU Winter Open 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Nine personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Hefei Summer 2018.
Competitions
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
- Zhenjiang Open 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.