People · China
Yichuan Xie (谢逸川)
3×3 blindfolded · top 1.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016XIEY08
Yichuan Xie (谢逸川) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 19.09, set at Jieyang Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in China. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2016, he has put 198 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in July 2017 to 9.46, a 30% improvement. Yichuan has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 blindfolded | 19.09 | 22.63 | top 1.1% | 10 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 | 9.46 | 12.41 | top 6.0% | 2,317 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.67 | 23.91 | top 19.6% | 1,964 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 50.86 | 1:04.94 | top 25.8% | 2,729 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 1:12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 157 / 278 |
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
- 21 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 11 Dec 2016First competition: Big 'n Blind 2016.
Competitions
- Square-1 on a Madison Square 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021 · 9 Jan 2021
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021
- Guangzhou 3x3 BLD and FMC 2020 · 12 Dec 2020
- Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019 · 2 Mar 2019
- Shenzhen Nanshan 2018 · 18 Nov 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018
- Jieyang Open 2018 · 12 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 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.
- Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 4.09 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.