People · China
Xuan Gong (龚轩)
Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011GONG02
Xuan Gong (龚轩) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Fuzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 513th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2011, he has put 576 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 28.90 in July 2011 to 14.20, a 51% improvement. Xuan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.18 | 5.25 | top 4.3% | 513 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 2.98 | 4.61 | top 4.9% | 266 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.20 | 16.90 | top 6.5% | 621 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 11.96 | 13.96 | top 13.8% | 5,425 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 4.45 | top 15.6% | 2,498 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.18 | 1:30.03 | top 20.0% | 603 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 50.01 | 1:03.52 | top 24.7% | 2,626 / 5,926 | |
| Square-1 | 23.72 | 27.38 | top 36.3% | 607 / 1,362 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 24 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2015.
- 15 Dec 2013Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2013.
- 20 Sep 2013Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Open 2013.
- 5 Aug 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.47 at Guiyang Open 2012.
- 5 Aug 2012Four personal bests in one day at Guiyang Open 2012.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Fuzhou Autumn 2017 · 5 Nov 2017
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhangzhou Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017
- TKK Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2015 · 24 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2014 · 11 May 2014
- Fuzhou Open 2013 · 15 Dec 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2013 · 20 Sep 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2012 · 5 Aug 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2011 · 16 Jul 2011 — 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.
- Zheng Lin (林铮) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Chengzhang Lin (林成璋) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.