People · China
Xuesi Chen (陈学思)
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010CHEN03
Xuesi Chen (陈学思) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Shantou Open 2014, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 799th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2010, he has put 428 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.68 in January 2010 to 9.84, a 44% improvement. Xuesi has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 4.34 | top 5.7% | 799 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.84 | 11.39 | top 7.0% | 2,728 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 35.67 | top 12.2% | 122 / 1,058 | |
| 4×4 | 41.21 | 45.54 | top 13.5% | 1,465 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.05 | 21.96 | top 15.2% | 1,499 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.17 | 1:38.86 | top 27.5% | 1,266 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 7.21 | 11.96 | top 35.3% | 2,148 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.47 | 11.67 | top 40.3% | 4,343 / 10,224 |
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
- 12 Jul 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Shenzhen Open 2015.
- 30 Apr 2013Seven personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Open 2013.
- 14 Aug 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Shanghai Open 2010.
- 31 Jan 2010First competition: Hangzhou Open 2010. A 17.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Open 2016 · 1 May 2016
- Shenzhen New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
- Shenzhen Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Open 2015 · 14 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube of Prime Numbers 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015 · 1 Jan 2015
- Cross-strait FMC 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2014 · 9 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014
- Shantou Open 2014 · 3 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2014 · 2 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Open 2013 · 30 Apr 2013 — 7 personal bests set
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2010 · 31 Jan 2010 — 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.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Lincheng Cai (蔡林成) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.