People · China
Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜)
2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009XION01
Tianyu Xiong (熊天煜) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Hefei Open 2016, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 629th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2009, he has put 459 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.30 in May 2009 to 9.69, a 55% improvement. Tianyu has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 3.32 | top 4.6% | 629 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.69 | 11.06 | top 6.6% | 2,563 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.55 | 22.23 | top 11.5% | 1,124 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:00.95 | — | top 13.4% | 202 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 41.62 | 45.77 | top 14.1% | 1,519 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.02 | 10.76 | top 28.0% | 3,129 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.25 | 1:44.41 | top 37.1% | 1,673 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 4:03.27 | 4:19.84 | early days — 3 solves | 1,155 / 1,349 | |
| Megaminx | 2:54.01 | 3:38.59 | top 71.9% | 1,546 / 1,678 | |
| 7×7 | 11:33.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,266 / 1,261 |
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
- 6 Jul 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Beijing Summer Open 2014.
- 6 Jul 2014Six personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer Open 2014.
- 7 Jun 2014Four personal bests in one day at Tianjin University Open 2014.
- 19 Apr 2014Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Spring 2014.
- 10 Aug 2013Seven personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2013.
- 23 Jan 2011Eight personal bests in one day at Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Autumn 2014 · 13 Sep 2014
- Beijing Summer Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Tianjin University Open 2014 · 7 Jun 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring 2014 · 19 Apr 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter Open 2013 · 21 Dec 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 7 personal bests set
- BUAA Open 2013 · 12 May 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011 · 23 Jan 2011 — 8 personal bests set
- Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010 · 26 Dec 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2010 · 31 Jan 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009 · 9 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Duanwu Festival Open 2009 · 29 May 2009
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.
- Hongye Sun (孙虹烨) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Jiajun Li (李嘉俊) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.