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Xi Ye (叶曦)

2×2 · top 43.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015YEXI01

Xi Ye (叶曦) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.31, set at Dongguan Open 2017, puts him in the top 43.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,429th in China. Across 7 competitions since October 2015, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.51 in October 2015 to 21.59, a 62% improvement. Xi has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 43.1% of 186,767 all-time
5.31
signature single · Dongguan Open 2017
82
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×25.317.85
top 43.1%7,429 / 15,796
3×321.5924.85
top 44.3%14,781 / 28,153
Pyraminx10.7317.05
top 58.6%6,059 / 10,224
Skewb14.3418.27
top 76.1%3,925 / 5,004
4×42:22.07
early days — 2 solves5,801 / 5,926

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

China Championship 2015: 57.51Dongguan Open 2016: 29.19Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 26.53Huizhou Open 2016: 24.41Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 24.81Dongguan Open 2017: 21.59GDSY Open 2017: 23.1721.5957.512 Oct 201526 Mar 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.