People · China
Xiangtian Gu (顾翔天)
3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009GUXI01
Xiangtian Gu (顾翔天) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,909th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2009, he has put 107 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.96 in May 2009 to 10.84, a 48% improvement. Xiangtian 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 | 10.84 | 12.70 | top 10.0% | 3,909 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.54 | 44.75 | top 11.6% | 1,231 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.57 | 1:32.37 | top 18.0% | 864 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 4.41 | 4.85 | top 31.8% | 5,446 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.30 | 30.53 | top 45.0% | 4,017 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.30 | 3:34.95 | early days — 3 solves | 974 / 1,349 |
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
- 26 Dec 2010First sub-20 3×3: 10.84 at Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010.
- 26 Dec 2010First sub-15 3×3: 10.84 at Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010.
- 29 May 2009First competition: Duanwu Festival Open 2009. A 20.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2013 · 29 Dec 2013
- ShenYang Open 2011 · 4 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010 · 26 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Duanwu Festival Open 2009 · 29 May 2009
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.
- Yiming Liu (刘一鸣) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xiaojian Li (李晓健) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Linsong Qi (綦林松) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.