People · China
Xingyu Bai (白星宇)
2×2 · top 4.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018BAIX03
Xingyu Bai (白星宇) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Hengyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 643rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2018, he has put 226 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Xingyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 3.77 | top 4.7% | 643 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 9.51 | 11.41 | top 6.2% | 2,422 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.30 | 18.94 | top 8.8% | 857 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 3.91 | 6.63 | top 10.3% | 622 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 12.00 | top 15.2% | 1,805 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 42.54 | 47.23 | top 15.2% | 1,674 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.69 | 1:20.84 | top 16.1% | 482 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.49 | 1:34.75 | top 21.3% | 1,039 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:40.05 | 2:20.32 | top 26.6% | 365 / 1,184 | |
| 7×7 | 4:06.62 | 4:24.90 | early days — 3 solves | 655 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.19 | 2:53.59 | early days — 3 solves | 725 / 1,363 | |
| Square-1 | 39.89 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,093 / 1,373 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Changsha Autumn 2019.
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Changsha Autumn 2019.
- 18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hengyang Open 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Changsha Spring Open 2019.
- 9 Dec 2018First competition: WHUT Open 2018. A 11.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hengyang Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zhijian Wang (王志坚) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.