People · China
Yajian Xiao (肖雅健)
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015XIAO06
Yajian Xiao (肖雅健) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,327th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2015, he has put 187 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.14 in November 2015 to 8.40, a 45% improvement. Yajian 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.40 | 10.59 | top 3.5% | 1,327 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.90 | 25.50 | top 25.7% | 2,532 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | top 30.0% | 322 / 1,058 | |
| 2×2 | 5.78 | 8.34 | top 48.5% | 8,300 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,753 / 5,926 |
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
- 25 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018.
- 6 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Open 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.47 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Nov 2015First competition: Wuhan University Open 2015. A 15.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017
- Nanchang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 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.
- Minjie Huang (黄敏杰) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.