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Xiaotao Wang (王晓涛)

3×3 · top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010WANG21

Xiaotao Wang (王晓涛) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.83, set at Luoyang Spring 2018, puts him in the top 39.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,598th in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2010, he has put 57 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.69 in May 2010 to 19.83, a 20% improvement. Xiaotao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time
19.83
signature single · Luoyang Spring 2018
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.8323.01
top 39.4%13,598 / 28,153
4×41:32.461:44.47
top 65.5%5,233 / 5,926
2×27.889.99
top 67.0%11,074 / 15,796
Pyraminx14.9318.47
top 81.6%8,065 / 10,224
5×53:53.274:31.48
top 90.9%2,764 / 2,816
6×67:46.19
early days — 1 solve1,350 / 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

Henan Open 2010: 24.69XinXiang Spring Festival Open 2011: 24.28Henan University of Science & Technology Open 2011: 22.69Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 25.47Luoyang Spring 2018: 19.8319.8325.472 May 201015 Apr 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.83 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 2.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.