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Yikang Xie (谢轶康)

3×3 blindfolded · top 20.4% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016XIEY03

Yikang Xie (谢轶康) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:22.23, set at Wuhan NxN Open 2017, puts him in the top 20.4% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 279th in China. Across 12 competitions since July 2016, he has put 80 official solves on the record across 17 events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 3:33.05 in August 2016 to 1:22.23, a 61% improvement. Yikang has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 20.4% of 12,178 all-time
1:22.23
signature single · Wuhan NxN Open 2017
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded1:22.232:13.68
top 20.4%279 / 1,183
3×318.0321.99
top 34.2%12,252 / 28,153
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 23:00
early days — 2 solves100 / 278
Square-127.7037.10
top 45.0%773 / 1,362
4×41:09.971:20.73
top 46.8%4,325 / 5,926
4×4 blindfolded8:29.26
early days — 3 solves86 / 149
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.33
top 48.3%560 / 1,058
Megaminx2:08.052:22.54
top 50.1%1,306 / 1,678
2×26.097.88
top 51.8%8,814 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.4416.07
top 56.4%5,861 / 10,224
5×52:17.842:27.65
top 59.9%2,356 / 2,816
7×75:34.896:07.31
top 61.1%1,015 / 1,261
Skewb12.0714.27
top 66.3%3,543 / 5,004
6×64:08.784:17.70
early days — 3 solves1,170 / 1,349
Clock23.0427.27
top 72.6%1,551 / 1,843
5×5 blindfolded24:54.00
early days — 1 solve78 / 95
3×3 one-handed48.5257.14
top 75.4%5,544 / 5,922

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

Xi'an Open 2016: 3:33.05Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 3:59.59ZUA Open 2017: 1:53.59Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 1:58.00Nanchang Spring 2017: 2:08.36Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 1:22.231:22.233:59.5913 Aug 201620 May 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 22.23 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.