People · China
Wenliang Xu (徐文亮)
Pyraminx · top 8.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014XUWE01
Wenliang Xu (徐文亮) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.24, set at Nanjing Spring 2017, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,063rd in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2014, he has put 296 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 16.40 in July 2014 to 10.75, a 34% improvement. Wenliang has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 11.22 | top 8.9% | 1,063 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.75 | 13.29 | top 9.7% | 3,795 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.82 | 20.07 | top 12.1% | 1,186 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 5.66 | top 14.6% | 2,296 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 46.30 | 52.93 | top 19.9% | 2,155 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 26.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,642 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 22.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,539 / 5,004 |
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
- 30 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 24 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2015.
- 8 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2015.
- 18 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.06 at Nanjing Autumn 2014.
- 12 Jul 2014First competition: Suzhou Open 2014. A 16.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Nantong Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 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.
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.