People · China
Ye Xu (许烨)
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015XUYE01
Ye Xu (许烨) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.77, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 868th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2015, he has put 204 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.03 in December 2015 to 7.77, a 30% improvement. Ye has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.77 | 8.91 | top 2.4% | 868 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.76 | 4.96 | top 2.9% | 338 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.41 | 15.61 | top 6.9% | 668 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 36.52 | 40.62 | top 8.2% | 843 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 5.64 | top 10.8% | 637 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.75 | 1:21.61 | top 12.1% | 595 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 22.86 | 29.11 | top 34.4% | 582 / 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. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jul 2017Seven personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 12 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 5 Dec 2015First competition: Tianjin Winter Open 2015. A 13.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Tianjin Winter Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Yuhao Sun (孙雨昊) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.