People · China
Xiao Tan (谭啸)
Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009TANX01
Xiao Tan (谭啸) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.38, set at Beijing Summer Open 2011, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,137th in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2009, he has put 232 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.36 in May 2009 to 14.18, a 44% improvement. Xiao has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.38 | 14.14 | top 9.6% | 1,137 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 5.93 | top 15.8% | 2,521 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 14.18 | 17.21 | top 21.6% | 8,304 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.00 | 1:11.40 | top 40.7% | 3,920 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.66 | 39.23 | top 48.1% | 4,213 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.25 | 2:37.24 | top 60.6% | 2,387 / 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
- 9 May 2010Three personal bests in one day at Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010.
- 2 Jan 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Changchun Open 2010.
- 2 Jan 2010Four personal bests in one day at Changchun Open 2010.
- 16 Aug 2009First sub-20 3×3: 18.15 at Beijing Summer Open 2009.
- 16 Aug 2009Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer Open 2009.
- 29 May 2009Three personal bests in one day at Duanwu Festival Open 2009.
Competitions
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Mangshan National Forest Park Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010
- Inner Mongolia 2010 · 24 Jul 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring Open 2010 · 25 Apr 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Changchun Open 2010 · 2 Jan 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Harbin Open 2009 · 8 Nov 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Duanwu Festival Open 2009 · 29 May 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Metropolis Open 2009 · 2 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.
- Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 12 times · head to head
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Xinye Wang (王鑫晔) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.