People · China
Siming Cao (曹思铭)
3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014CAOS02
Siming Cao (曹思铭) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.94, set at Zhenjiang Open 2017, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,396th in China. Across 18 competitions since March 2014, he has put 331 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.31 in March 2014 to 11.94, a 53% improvement. Siming has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.94 | 14.99 | top 13.7% | 5,396 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 46.55 | 54.56 | top 20.2% | 2,179 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 5.11 | top 22.7% | 3,743 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.02 | 9.44 | top 28.0% | 3,129 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.87 | 1:52.95 | top 36.8% | 1,659 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 10.64 | top 38.2% | 2,274 / 5,004 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.56 | 3:22.16 | top 46.0% | 897 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:07.14 | 5:18.20 | top 52.8% | 919 / 1,261 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.96 | 2:22.93 | top 53.7% | 1,366 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,508 / 5,922 |
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
- 10 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.94 at Zhenjiang Open 2017.
- 10 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Zhenjiang Open 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016First sub-20 3×3: 15.43 at Hangzhou Autumn 2016.
- 19 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Autumn 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018
- Zhenjiang Open 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Spring 2014 · 2 Mar 2014
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lei Wang (汪磊) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.