People · China
Xizi Cao (曹熙梓)
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018CAOX02
Xizi Cao (曹熙梓) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at Meizhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,294th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2018, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.40 in August 2018 to 9.44, a 17% improvement. Xizi has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.44 | 11.25 | top 5.9% | 2,294 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.58 | 6.37 | top 46.3% | 7,928 / 15,796 |
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
- 21 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Meizhou Open 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Meizhou Open 2018. A 11.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Meizhou Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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.
- Zhaoyang Hong (洪兆阳) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zibo Xu (徐子博) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yexin Cai (蔡烨欣) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.