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Xiangyun Ci (慈祥云)

3×3 · top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011CIXI01

Xiangyun Ci (慈祥云) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.63, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,643rd in China. Across 5 competitions since August 2011, he has put 116 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.05 in August 2011 to 13.63, a 28% improvement. Xiangyun has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.63
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015
116
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.6315.68
top 19.7%7,643 / 28,153
4×453.331:01.19
top 28.8%2,984 / 5,926
2×24.256.07
top 29.7%5,075 / 15,796
Skewb6.8412.08
top 32.4%1,979 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed36.7247.73
top 60.3%4,896 / 5,922

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

Xining Summer Open 2011: 19.05Xining Winter Open 2014: 17.59Chengdu Open 2014: 14.77Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 13.63Chengdu Open 2015: 13.8413.6319.056 Aug 20112 May 2015

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 3.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.