People · New Zealand
Xavier Evans
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2020 · 2020EVAN06
Xavier Evans has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at Palmerston North 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in New Zealand. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2020, he has put 465 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.33 in October 2020 to 9.79, a 40% improvement. Xavier 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.79 | 11.28 | top 6.9% | 155 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 5.10 | top 7.2% | 115 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.26 | top 8.5% | 182 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 4.10 | 7.31 | top 11.6% | 96 / 666 | |
| 4×4 | 47.86 | 56.71 | top 21.9% | 154 / 722 | |
| Square-1 | 24.28 | 33.39 | top 37.4% | 111 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.18 | 35.40 | top 49.3% | 271 / 600 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.40 | 2:41.02 | top 61.2% | 212 / 355 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 202 / 283 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 56 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 103 / 111 |
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
- 16 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Palmerston North 2023.
- 2 Sep 2022Seven personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 13 Aug 2021Five personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2021.
- 19 Jun 2021Four personal bests in one day at Nimble Napier 2021.
- 15 May 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.36 at Palmerston North 2021.
- 24 Oct 2020First competition: Welcome Back Wellington 2020. A 18.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC New Zealand 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Twisty Taranaki 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Nimble Napier 2021 · 19 Jun 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2021 · 15 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Twisty Taranaki 2021 · 20 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Mind Games 2021 · 6 Feb 2021
- Welcome Back Wellington 2020 · 24 Oct 2020 — 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jack McDougall — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jack Maddigan — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.