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Xiaoya Zhao (赵晓崖)

3×3 · top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZHAO06

Xiaoya Zhao (赵晓崖) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.34, set at Nanjing Autumn 2016, puts him in the top 28.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,682nd in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2015, he has put 56 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.52 in May 2015 to 16.34, a 27% improvement. Xiaoya has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.34
signature single · Nanjing Autumn 2016
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.3418.99
top 28.9%10,682 / 28,153
2×24.9110.60
top 38.2%6,590 / 15,796
Pyraminx11.0414.63
top 60.8%6,243 / 10,224

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

Nanjing Spring 2015: 22.52Nanjing Autumn 2015: 16.57Suzhou Open 2016: 16.44Nanjing Autumn 2016: 16.34Zhenjiang Open 2016: 16.87Nanjing Spring 2018: 22.2416.3422.521 May 201530 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 1.34 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.