People · United States
Xan Shen
2×2 · top 10.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SHEN12
Xan Shen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at Carolina Season Starter 2018, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,938th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since April 2018, he has put 203 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.47 in April 2018 to 12.39, a 25% improvement. Xan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.87 | top 10.0% | 3,938 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.39 | 14.17 | top 15.2% | 8,155 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.46 | 8.88 | top 16.2% | 4,280 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.69 | 9.05 | top 23.4% | 3,755 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 19.88 | 35.46 | top 27.8% | 1,824 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.84 | 1:03.63 | top 38.5% | 6,232 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.75 | 31.87 | top 38.7% | 5,147 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.39 | 1:59.15 | top 40.8% | 3,297 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.99 | 2:34.24 | top 59.3% | 4,457 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 5:50.81 | 6:18.07 | early days — 3 solves | 1,978 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 30.81 | 39.50 | top 85.4% | 7,596 / 8,927 |
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
- 7 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at Carolina Season Starter 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018Five personal bests in one day at Carolina Season Starter 2018.
- 15 Apr 2018First competition: WFS Cubing Spring 2018. A 16.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019 · 7 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- VES Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Carolina Season Starter 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018
- WFS Cubing Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 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.
- Patrick Skelley — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Corey Sakowski — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.