People · China
Wentao Xiong (熊文涛)
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017XION05
Wentao Xiong (熊文涛) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at China Championship 2018, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,627th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 166 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.54 in November 2017 to 8.74, a 17% improvement. Wentao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.74 | 9.65 | top 4.3% | 1,627 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 4.50 | top 6.0% | 843 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.38 | 18.44 | top 8.9% | 850 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.41 | 1:17.39 | top 15.6% | 761 / 2,816 |
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
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Jiujiang Open 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017First competition: HDU Open 2017. A 12.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiujiang Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xuming Wang (王旭明) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.