People · China
Xianglong Gao (高向龙)
Skewb · top 7.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015GAOX03
Xianglong Gao (高向龙) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 419th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since November 2015, he has put 643 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.16 in November 2015 to 10.82, a 60% improvement. Xianglong has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.45 | 4.25 | top 7.4% | 419 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 10.82 | 12.97 | top 9.9% | 3,884 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.64 | 11.16 | top 11.0% | 1,310 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 39.20 | 52.83 | top 11.2% | 1,186 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 4.42 | top 17.4% | 2,812 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.60 | 27.54 | top 30.4% | 2,941 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,622 / 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
- 2 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 27 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at XJTU Open 2016.
- 27 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at XJTU Open 2016.
- 8 May 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.08 at Xi'an Summer 2016.
- 8 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Summer 2016.
- 29 Nov 2015First competition: Xi'an Open 2015. A 27.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019
- Lanzhou Spring 2019 · 11 May 2019
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- Luoyang Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Spring 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xining Summer Open 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 11 times · head to head
- Yufei Gao (高宇飞) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 33 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.