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Yiming Xiao (肖一鸣)

3×3 · top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015XIAO02

Yiming Xiao (肖一鸣) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.69, set at Xi'an New Year 2016, puts him in the top 30.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,999th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2015, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.53 in April 2015 to 16.69, a 37% improvement. Yiming has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time
16.69
signature single · Xi'an New Year 2016
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.6918.16
top 30.0%10,999 / 28,153
Megaminx2:54.223:09.91
top 72.0%1,548 / 1,678

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 Cherry Blossom 2015: 26.53Xi'an New Year 2016: 16.69China Championship 2017: 16.8716.6926.534 Apr 201528 Jul 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-2:00 Megaminx single — 15,873 people have one; it is 54.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.