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Xinyu Tian (田芯语)

3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TIAN10

Xinyu Tian (田芯语) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.77, set at Shandong Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,817th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 277 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.45 in June 2018 to 10.77, a 50% improvement. Xinyu has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.77
signature single · Shandong Open 2019
277
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.7712.34
top 9.8%3,817 / 28,153
2×22.814.40
top 12.1%1,882 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.216.63
top 14.5%1,714 / 10,224
4×442.8946.00
top 15.6%1,694 / 5,926
Skewb5.138.32
top 19.2%1,193 / 5,004
5×51:21.811:34.26
top 20.5%977 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed23.4029.11
top 29.8%2,887 / 5,922
7×74:05.554:12.69
top 32.8%641 / 1,261
6×63:02.213:12.83
top 42.1%828 / 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

Tangshan Open 2018: 21.45Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 14.99China Championship 2018: 14.38Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 11.31Tangshan Open 2019: 11.87China Championship 2019: 11.23Shandong Open 2019: 10.77Tianjin Autumn 2019: 11.3610.7721.4517 Jun 201820 Oct 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.