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Xu Zhao (赵旭)

3×3 · top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009ZHAO05

Xu Zhao (赵旭) has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.69, set at Nanchang Open 2015, puts her in the top 23.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,886th in China. Across 32 competitions since May 2009, she has put 547 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 43.25 in May 2009 to 14.69, a 66% improvement. Xu has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.69
signature single · Nanchang Open 2015
547
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.6917.97
top 23.4%8,886 / 28,153
2×24.166.75
top 28.5%4,853 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves51.00
top 48.3%560 / 1,058
Pyraminx9.4312.36
top 48.4%5,115 / 10,224
4×41:16.921:24.20
top 53.3%4,699 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded3:05.28
top 53.9%746 / 1,183
Square-133.4750.83
top 55.9%948 / 1,362
5×52:15.912:19.70
top 58.7%2,328 / 2,816
Skewb11.2513.61
top 62.2%3,371 / 5,004
Clock19.6826.51
top 63.7%1,419 / 1,843
3×3 one-handed40.3156.97
top 65.7%5,154 / 5,922
6×64:44.475:08.15
top 78.3%1,262 / 1,349
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 8:45
early days — 3 solves253 / 278
Megaminx4:35.255:42.75
top 94.5%1,662 / 1,678
7×711:11.0012:30.00
top 97.8%1,265 / 1,261

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 Metropolis Open 2009: 43.25Beijing Summer Open 2009: 36.33Beijing Winter 2009: 30.25Henan Open 2010: 23.81Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 26.81Shandong 2010: 26.11Tianjin Open 2010: 23.33Beijing Winter 2011: 19.91Shandong Open 2011: 20.75Hangzhou Open 2011: 17.41Shanghai Meatball Fall 2011: 19.96Xi'an Yangling 2012: 15.77Hefei Spring 2012: 16.75Beijing Summer 2012: 19.09Beijing Winter 2012: 19.15Beijing Summer 2013: 18.49Beijing Spring 2014: 18.14Hefei Spring 2014: 20.38Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 20.90Wenzhou Open 2015: 19.08Nanjing Spring 2015: 16.84Wuhan Open 2015: 16.80Nanchang Open 2015: 14.69Changsha Xiangmo 2017: 20.2614.6943.252 May 20096 May 2017

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.69 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as she improves.