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Tong Xu (徐彤)

3×3 · top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016XUTO01

Tong Xu (徐彤) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.65, set at Wuxi Open 2017, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,846th in China. Across 7 competitions since May 2016, he has put 93 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.57 in May 2016 to 14.65, a 29% improvement. Tong has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.65
signature single · Wuxi Open 2017
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.6518.72
top 23.2%8,846 / 28,153
Pyraminx7.0910.57
top 28.6%3,186 / 10,224
4×456.501:07.29
top 32.5%3,260 / 5,926
2×24.796.85
top 36.6%6,312 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed34.9439.33
top 57.2%4,725 / 5,922
Skewb11.0219.01
top 60.9%3,317 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded4:57.36
early days — 1 solve1,073 / 1,183

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

Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 20.57Suzhou Open 2016: 17.05Jinhua Open 2016: 16.04ZUST Open 2017: 15.81China Championship 2017: 18.27Wuxi Open 2017: 14.65Yangzhou Open 2017: 16.4314.6520.5714 May 201620 Aug 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.65 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.