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Xiaoyu Chen (陈校雨)

2×2 · top 0.55% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018CHEX09

Xiaoyu Chen (陈校雨) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.00, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2018, he has put 264 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.04 in October 2018 to 1.00, a 75% improvement. Xiaoyu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.55% of 186,767 all-time
1.00
signature single · China Championship 2019
264
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.001.82
top 0.55%57 / 15,796
3×39.9111.70
top 7.2%2,809 / 28,153
Square-110.8813.56
top 7.8%107 / 1,362
Skewb3.726.10
top 9.1%529 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed18.5223.86
top 16.5%1,627 / 5,922
Pyraminx7.149.25
top 29.0%3,213 / 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

Wuxi Autumn 2018: 4.04Xuzhou Winter 2018: 2.79Yancheng Spring 2019: 2.35Heze Open 2019: 1.72China Championship 2019: 1.00Xuzhou Winter 2019: 1.311.004.0420 Oct 201824 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.