People · China
Xiyuan Zhao (赵希源)
3×3 · top 0.26% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023ZHAO23
Xiyuan Zhao (赵希源) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.53, set at Xi'an Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.26% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.22 in November 2023 to 5.53, an 11% improvement. Xiyuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.53 | 6.60 | top 0.26% | 114 / 28,153 |
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 Nov 2023First competition: Shenzhen Youth Open 2023. A 7.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yibo Xu (许一博) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Danning Zhao (赵丹宁) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.