People · China
Xu Yang (杨旭)
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017YANX09
Xu Yang (杨旭) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.21, set at Suzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,161st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2017, he has put 113 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.54 in November 2017 to 10.21, a 42% improvement. Xu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.21 | 12.81 | top 8.1% | 3,161 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.99 | 22.35 | top 10.2% | 992 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 40.60 | 44.65 | top 12.8% | 1,377 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.06 | 1:35.20 | top 23.3% | 1,109 / 2,816 |
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
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Anyang Open 2019.
- 15 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.37 at Luoyang Spring 2018.
- 25 Nov 2017First competition: Jiaozuo Open 2017. A 17.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Summer 2021 · 23 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Anyang Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiaozuo Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017
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.
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Songtao Zhang (张松涛) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.