People · China
Xuexuan Zhang (张雪萱)
Skewb · top 6.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ZHAN59
Xuexuan Zhang (张雪萱) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Kunshan Open 2019, puts her in the top 6.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 356th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2018, she has put 109 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her Skewb best has come down from 5.77 in April 2018 to 3.24, a 44% improvement. Xuexuan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.24 | 5.55 | top 6.3% | 356 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.28 | 7.29 | top 22.1% | 2,523 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 19.01 | 21.66 | top 37.1% | 13,022 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 12.79 | — | top 38.7% | 927 / 1,843 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.01 at Shanghai Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-30 3×3: 23.75 at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 21 Apr 2018First competition: Kunshan Open 2018.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
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.
- Sicheng Gu (顾思成) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as she improves.