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Xiaodi Tao (陶箫笛)

3×3 · top 42.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016TAOX01

Xiaodi Tao (陶箫笛) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.79, set at ZUA Open 2017, puts him in the top 42.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,253rd in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 13 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.51 in July 2016 to 20.79, a 36% improvement. Xiaodi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.2% of 284,439 all-time
20.79
signature single · ZUA Open 2017
13
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.7925.38
top 42.2%14,253 / 28,153

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

Suzhou Open 2016: 32.51Asian Championship 2016: 27.58ZUA Open 2017: 20.7920.7932.512 Jul 201625 Mar 2017

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.