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Xintao Tan (谭新涛)

3×3 · top 36.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008TANX01

Xintao Tan (谭新涛) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.72, set at Beijing Winter Open 2013, puts him in the top 36.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,811th in China. Across 12 competitions since November 2008, he has put 173 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.65 in November 2008 to 18.72, a 67% improvement. Xintao has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.72
signature single · Beijing Winter Open 2013
173
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.7222.57
top 36.3%12,811 / 28,153
2×25.939.15
top 50.2%8,576 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.6617.38
top 58.0%6,004 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed36.6948.29
top 60.3%4,891 / 5,922
4×42:00.632:19.52
top 82.0%5,695 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 1 solve1,019 / 1,058

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

Beijing Fall Open 2008: 56.65Beijing Summer Open 2009: 28.16Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 33.00Tianjin Open 2010: 27.71Beijing Spring 2011: 23.25Beijing Summer Open 2011: 24.19Human Rights Day 2011: 21.05Beijing Summer 2012: 21.16Beijing Winter 2012: 19.80Hebei University 2013: 19.18Beijing Winter Open 2013: 18.72Asian Championship 2016: 22.0218.7256.652 Nov 20081 Oct 2016

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 3.72 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.