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Xiao Tan (谭笑)

Clock · top 27.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017TANX02

Xiao Tan (谭笑) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Shenzhen Open 2019, puts him in the top 27.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 637th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2017, he has put 53 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.04 in August 2017 to 17.26, an 18% improvement. Xiao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 27.4% of 32,048 all-time
10.47
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2019
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Clock10.4713.51
top 27.4%637 / 1,843
3×317.2621.71
top 31.8%11,576 / 28,153
2×26.957.90
top 60.0%10,097 / 15,796

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

Hong Kong Open 2017: 21.04Shenzhen Open 2017: 23.48Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 17.50Shenzhen Open 2019: 17.2617.2623.4826 Aug 201721 Sep 2019

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-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.