People · China
Xuan Zhao (赵轩)
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZHAO08
Xuan Zhao (赵轩) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Wuhan Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 826th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since May 2015, he has put 363 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.20 in May 2015 to 7.70, a 42% improvement. Xuan has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 7.70 | 10.00 | top 2.3% | 826 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.22 | 27.34 | top 29.3% | 2,851 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 41.67 | top 44.7% | 515 / 1,058 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.50 | 13.83 | top 49.0% | 5,176 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 17.18 | 23.30 | top 56.0% | 1,297 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 6.53 | 7.85 | top 56.3% | 9,524 / 15,796 | |
| Square-1 | 46.84 | 52.56 | top 73.0% | 1,182 / 1,362 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,609 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 17.83 | 20.82 | top 85.8% | 4,284 / 5,004 |
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
- 5 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018.
- 10 May 2015First competition: Wuhan Open 2015. A 13.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Summer 2021 · 23 May 2021
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ezhou Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019
- Wuhan Autumn 2019 · 13 Oct 2019
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2015 · 10 May 2015
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.
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Minjie Huang (黄敏杰) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.